Galaxia raises $4.5 million to bring satellite computers to Canada’s space race

Halifax-based Galaxia Space Systems has raised $4.5 million CAD to build out sovereign compute infrastructure in space. The news: Galaxia announced the funding round, co-led by Montréal-based VC Amiral Ventures and provincial business development agency Invest Nova Scotia, on Thursday. The startup is developing satellites with compute power and AI built right in, allowing space missions to process and analyze data in orbit, and reducing the need to wait for the satellite to send the data down to