Onkar
@ionkarbatra
CEO @apolinkHQ
Two space agencies. One big win for Earth. 🌎👏 NISAR is the first time @NASA and @ISRO have built Earth science hardware together. This powerful satellite will track changes on land and ice, from areas at risk for landslides and earthquakes to shifting glaciers and ice sheets.
In case you missed last week's Space Dirt🚀, a big congrats to these companies for recently emerging from stealth: Magenta @TiberiusAero @apolinkHQ @PerseusDefense @Robotoolworx @ValstadShip Subscribe to Space Dirt 🚀 at the link in my bio. -Erik
🌍 Historic Launch Ahead: ISRO Set to Launch NISAR, a joint satellite with NASA ! 🚀 On July 30, 2025 at 17:40 IST, ISRO’s GSLV-F16 will launch #NISAR, the first joint Earth observation satellite by ISRO & NASA, from Sriharikota. 🛰️ NISAR will scan the entire globe every 12…
can’t be more excited to speak at the “Choose Good Quests” conference by @join_savant! in today’s bubble, building something real and you actually care about isn’t easy. love the focus on meaningful quests in the valley.
SILICON VALLEY IS IN A CRISIS Our best minds are being wasted on marginal AI wrappers & safe bets. To combat that, we're announcing Choose Good Quests by @join_savant a conference to gather 500 exceptional talents to take on hard & important problems. November 6-7 in SF 👇👇
IPoS goin’ places! First ever demonstration of a compatible RF link in orbit is in less than T-12 months. Super psyched!
A brief snippet from our conversation from an article in Data Center Dynamics on @apolinkHQ's core geopolitical and commercial stance regarding U.S. space sovereignty. datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/19-yea…

We’re hiring a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to lead flight software and firmware development across our relay spacecraft platforms. On-site. Palo Alto, CA x.com/i/jobs/1945599…
🧵Apolink, a space-tech startup supported by Y Combinator, was started by a 19-year-old entrepreneur of Indian origin. The company has raised $4.3 million from investors. Many people wanted to invest, so the round was called “oversubscribed.” Now, the company is valued at $45…
Congrats to the @apolinkHQ team on their $4.3M seed! Apolink is building the most interoperable satellite relay network in low Earth orbit (LEO). They're combining RF and optical inter-satellite links to enable real-time, continuous connectivity. techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/yc-…
YC-backed Apolink by 19-year-old bags $4.3M to build 24/7 connectivity for LEO satellites | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/yc-…