Starfish Space
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle area
- Sectors
- Space Research and Technology
- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 119
- Total raised
- $162.6M SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
- Last round
- $111.7M · Mar 2026 SEC Form D
- Founders
- Austin Link, Trevor Bennett
Live show: Amazon, Meta and the fight over the future of AI; Plus, is Seattle still the place to build?
This week: Amazon is blocking Meta's new Muse AI assistant from shopping on Amazon.com, saying the agent doesn't identify itself and violates the site's conditions of use. We explain why the standoff is an early sign of a much bigger fight over whether AI agents can use websites and apps on people's behalf, and why Amazon has so much riding on the answer. For the definitive word on the issue, we ask Muse what it has to say for itself, and get an impressively sophisticated and evenhanded answer. We recorded this week's show live at Daniel's Broiler in downtown Seattle…
Starfish Space to Launch First Otter Satellite-Servicing Spacecraft Next Month
Starfish Space plans to launch its first Otter satellite-servicing spacecraft next month to test inspection and docking technologies.
Starfish Space to Launch 660‑lb Otter on SpaceX Transporter‑18 Oct. 1 for NASA’s $15M SSPICY Satellite‑Inspection Mission
Starfish Space will launch its full-size Otter on SpaceX's Transporter-18 no earlier than Oct. 1 from Vandenberg to demonstrate close-up inspection of inoperable satellites for NASA’s $15 million SSPICY mission; the 660-pound vehicle follows two prototype tests and will approach selected decommissioned satellites after commissioning. The company says Otter is built, has a customer and mission, and insights will inform future servicing operations.
People
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Austin Link Founder, Co-founder, Executive Officer, Director, Promoter
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Trevor Bennett Founder, Co-Founder, Executive Officer, Director, Promoter
