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Yiwei Aerospace raises over RMB100M to build orbital AI compute for LLM inference

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Yiwei Aerospace, a Chinese startup founded in February 2025, is pursuing 'space computing' — placing high-performance AI payloads on satellites to convert orbital energy into tokens. It says it has completed four funding rounds since July 2025, the latest an angel series of more than RMB100 million, with backers including the Beijing Aerospace Fund, Haohan Data and Century Golden Resources. Its lineup spans the Jiyu satellite components, the Dengyun space compute cluster aimed at large-model inference, the Tianyan payload SDK positioned against CUDA, and a space compute service platform; the team claims an 18% efficiency gain verified at the heat-dissipation stage.

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Orbital compute is shifting from a fringe aerospace experiment into a new front in the AI infrastructure race, and this startup's funding and product roadmap offer a sample of how fast the niche is commercialising.

2024年夏天,尚在读博的邢若粼和几名同伴,进驻北京远郊的一处试验场地,开展为期数月的攻坚,测试团队自研的第一台全国产高算力太空服务器。基地的条件让人“一个小时都不想待”,但团队经常忙至深夜,直至夜色深重才启程返校。

这成为一苇宇航太空创业故事的一个伏笔。

同在2024年,英伟达创始人黄仁勋在COMPUTEX上把数据中心称为AI Factory——能源和数据进入工厂,Token成为它生产的新商品。随后Token经济逐渐爆发,而一苇宇航要做的,便是在太空中架设生产Token的机器。如果用一个词概括这件事,那就是“太空算力”。

眼下,太空算力不断升温。

一来,AI算力向持续的推理与行动延伸,Token需求大幅上涨,Token成本成为AI生意能否成立的关键。再者,马斯克的行动引起了行业对太空更进一步的重视。

2026年1月,马斯克旗下的SpaceX向美国联邦通信委员会提交申请,要建设一个最多包含100万颗卫星的“轨道数据中心系统”;随后又提出,计划最早于2027年部署AI算力卫星,利用Starship、Starlink和轨道太阳能,把模型推理与算力销售搬到太空。

#Yiwei Aerospace#SpaceX#Starlink#Starship#NVIDIA#天算星座#Dengyun#Tianyan#Beijing Aerospace Fund#Haohan Data

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