How to Raise $750M & Build a Space Company | John Gedmark

Astranis just announced a new round of funding, led by A16z, to build more satellites! I sat down with John Gedmark, CEO of Astranis, to talk about how they'll use this $200M of capital and the future of building in America and space 🇺🇸🛰️🛰️

0:00 I used to work here 1:02 Mission of Astranis 3:54 GEO? (Sci-fi) 8:43 Childhood to college 14:30 Silicon Valley for space? 19:14 Founding Commercial Spaceflight Federation 22:07 Why GEO is hard 24:42 Meeting Ryan, CTO 28:18 COVID story 32:40 Early days 35:53 How to raise $750M 47:08 Astranis + US Government 51:15 Manufacturing learnings 53:40 US vs China 58:16 War in space 1:01:18 Astranis longterm vision 1:03:58 Why? 1:05:28 Current life philosophy 1:06:20 1 year of S3