LOKANTAAfounders@lokantara.space
Space Data Centers

Bringing intelligence to orbit

Space-graded AI compute, launched and operated at scale, for the workloads Earth can no longer wait on.

Backed byBuilding with
DIHP
Grant award · 2026
Fraunhofer IOF
Hardware prototyping · Jena
Entrepreneurs First
Deep tech · 2026 cohort
Why it matters

The bottleneck is no longer launch or sensing. It's compute on Earth and in orbit.

AI compute is scarce on Earth

Demand for inference and training is rising exponentially, while permitting and grid connections delay new data centers by years. Orbit offers capacity on a faster timeline.

Sovereign compute isn't on demand

Governments need to run sensitive AI workloads on infrastructure that stays out of reach of adversaries: secure, dedicated, and available when it's needed.

Space data is stuck behind downlink

Constellations collect terabytes a day but can only downlink a fraction. Processing in orbit turns raw pixels into insights before they ever leave space.

Who it's for

AI labs & hyperscalers

MW-class capacity online years sooner than terrestrial buildout: compute-as-a-service from orbit.

Government & defence

Sovereign, secure compute placed physically out of reach for the sensitive workloads proliferating across national systems.

Earth observation

In-orbit processing that turns collected data into sellable insights before downlink: more value per pass.

Tanmay Gupta and Vidhi Desai, co-founders of Lokantara Space
Team

Tanmay Gupta

CEO · Co-Founder

Space instrumentation, hardware & photonics.Ex-NASA JPL, Caltech, ZEISS, Planet.

Vidhi Desai

CTO · Co-Founder

Spacecraft systems & machine learning.Ex-Viasat, Cranfield Rocketry.