Apolink
Satellite Manufacturing · Satellite Communications
1hiring now · open roles
2backers · Y Combinator, Rebel Fund
1-10team · employees, estimated range
2024founded
Overview
Apolink Communications, a California-based satellite company, is building a 24/7 relay network in LEO. Our hybrid RF and optical links enable real-time connectivity for operators across industries.
Funding and backers
Team
1-10
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Rebel Fund
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 13
Partnership Space Compass and Apolink sign MoU on multi-orbit optical relay services · Telecompaper
Feb 10
Partnership Apolink and Galaxia team up to improve planned data relay capability · spacenews.com
Oct 2024
Went through Y Combinator
2024
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 8%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
55/100
Growing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
42 days
faster than 32% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
50% ▼
Aerospace
50% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added STK to stack
Oct 2026
Added Python to stack
Oct 2026
Added Orekit to stack
Oct 2026
Added GMAT to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Apolink over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
5
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
64/100
Languages
Python
Frameworks & libraries
Orekit
Developer tools
CCSDS
GMAT
STK
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Owner
Same company
Same group
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News
At 7, he built a website. At 16, a satellite. Then came $4.3M: Meet Onkar Singh Batra
Jammu-born entrepreneur Onkar Singh Batra is building Apolink, a satellite relay company tackling communication gaps in low Earth orbit. Joined IIT Jammu as an intern and a Guiness world record holder, Batra is now on the path to becoming an inspiration f
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Apolink, Space Compass, and JSAT International Sign MOU to Explore Multi-Orbit Optical Data Relay スカパーJSAT Apr 12, 2026
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Space Compass、Apolink、JSAT Internationalの3社、光データリレー協業検討に向けたMOU覚書を締結
株式会社Space Compassのプレスリリース2026年4月13日 15時00分Space Compass、Apolink、JSAT Internationalの3社、光データリレー協業検討に向けたMOU覚書を締結
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Space Compass and Apolink sign MoU on multi-orbit optical relay services
Space Compass, the Japanese joint venture backed by NTT and Sky Perfect JSAT, has joined forces with Apolink, a Californian developer advancing low-Earth orbit satellite data relays powered by optical links, to explore a potential relay connecting geostat
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This 19-year-old's space company just raised millions to keep satellites connected 24/7
Apolink, a Y Combinator-backed space-tech startup, has raised $4.3 million in an "oversubscribed" seed round at $45 million post-money valuation to build a real-time connectivity network for satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
United States
HQ
careers
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
2595 E Bayshore Rd, #150, Palo Alto, CA 94303