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Cowboy Space Corporation

Space · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2024

Cowboy Space Corporation is a pioneering aerospace company building the foundational infrastructure for an orbital economy driven by artificial intelligence. Founded by entrepreneur Baiju Bhatt, the company originally operated under the name Aetherflux and focused exclusively on commercializing space-based solar power through Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. Following its rebranding in 2026, the company shifted toward a more comprehensive strategy that integrates power generation, in-orbit high-performance computing, and dedicated launch services into a single ecosystem. The company operates at the intersection of space technology and deep tech, serving a global market that faces significant terrestrial constraints in energy and data processing. Its business model is built on extreme vertical integration, where the company designs and manufactures its own rockets and orbital hardware to circumvent launch bottlenecks and optimize economic efficiency. By providing scalable, always-on energy and compute in orbit, Cowboy Space Corporation offers a critical alternative to traditional data centers that are increasingly limited by ground-based power grids and environmental regulations. Technologically, the company is distinguished by its "blank sheet" design philosophy, which treats the rocket’s upper stage and the compute payload as a single, unified vehicle. This eliminates redundant mass and allows each upper stage to transform into a one-megawatt orbital data center once it reaches its target trajectory. While the company continues to develop its infrared laser technology for space-to-Earth power transmission—originally its primary mission as Aetherflux—it has expanded its focus to include space-to-space power delivery to fuel autonomous AI reasoning and massive data fusion workloads directly in the vacuum of space. Keywords: Space Tech, Orbital Infrastructure, Rocket Launch, Orbital Data Centers, Artificial Intelligence, Aetherflux, Space-Based Solar Power, Vertically Integrated, Deep Tech, High Performance Computing, Low Earth Orbit, Aerospace Engineering.