Pre-Seed Round Open

The operating system for orbital infrastructure.

Our Pre-Seed round is open for building and validating SumerOS v1. A patent-pending predictive resource orchestration platform for autonomous space systems.

$1M
Pre-seed round
12 mo
To build and validate SumerOS
$100K
Revenue goal before orbital deployment
Investment thesis

Terrestrial cloud is running out of power, water and land. SumerSystems moves the compute to orbit.

Situation

AI demand is outgrowing grid power, cooling water and permitted land. Power is now rationed, not purchased.

Complication

Earth-observation and defense constellations already sense far more data per orbit than downlink windows can carry.

Resolution

OEC-1 runs SumerOS on the payload host, in orbit, so only decisions and compressed data come down.

Why now

Three curves crossed viability in the same decade: rideshare launch cost fell to a few hundred thousand dollars for a 50–100 kg payload, radiation-tolerant AI silicon became commercially available, and laser inter-satellite links entered volume production. The orbital compute layer is buildable today for seed-stage capital.

Product and IP

Built for physics, not just CPUs

SumerOS is "Kubernetes for Space Infrastructure": one continuous control loop that monitors telemetry, predicts constraints, evaluates risk, reallocates workloads and protects mission execution. Foundational IP is filed and pending.

TraditionalSumerOS
AwarenessCPU-awarePhysical-state-aware
TimingReactivePredictive
Optimizes forResource-centricMission-centric
Designed forDatacenter-focusedOrbit-focused
InputsLimited contextMulti-domain telemetry
Product status
  • Patent pending
  • Conceptual SumerOS pilot complete
  • Architecture defined
  • Business plan complete
  • OEC roadmap defined
  • SumerOS v0.1 build (current focus)

v0.1 is the first working orchestration engine, proven in a simulated orbital environment before flight hardware exists.

Go-to-market

Paid pilots before anything flies

Tier 1
Evaluation project
$25K–$50K
Tier 2
Engineering pilot
$100K–$250K
Tier 3
Integration pilot
$250K+

Each engagement expands into the next: evaluate, engineer, integrate. Target: $100K revenue within 12 months.

Twelve-month execution plan
Months 1–3 · Foundation
20
customer interviews
  • • Product requirements
  • • Team hiring
Months 3–6 · Build
v0.1
SumerOS shipped
  • • SumerOS v0.1
  • • Benchmarking
Months 6–12 · Traction
2–3
paid pilots
  • • 3 LOIs
  • • 2–3 paid pilots
  • • Initial revenue
Initial customers
Satellite manufacturersSatellite operatorsEarth observation providersDefense contractorsOrbital infrastructure companies
The ask

$1M pre-seed to build and validate SumerOS version 1

Instrument
YC Post-Money SAFE
Valuation Cap
Determined based on traction and investor feedback
Round Size
$1M Pre-Seed
Use of funds
Customer LOIs
Aerospace partnerships
Platform development
Patent prosecution
Regulatory work
Milestones this round unlocks
  1. 01SumerOS v0.1
  2. 023 customer LOIs
  3. 032–3 paid pilots
  4. 04$100K revenue
  5. 05Seed-round readiness
Investor contact

Interested in the Pre-Seed round?

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