Loft Orbital
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$114.8M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$113.2M
Venture round · Oct 2021 · 5 yr ago
Team
189
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
56
+18 posted in 30 days
Grants
$849k
3 grants · CORDIS
Backers
5
Ambition, Mistral Equity Partners
The money's age
Long since its last round
60 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
28/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 23
Won a customer Loft Orbital Selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Deploy Artificial Intelligence Software for Earth Science Applications · loftorbital.com
Sep 15, 2021
Won a grant $49k · CORDIS
Mar 5, 2021
Won a grant $750k · CORDIS
Mar 9, 2020
Won a grant $49k · CORDIS
Sep 8, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $1.6M · SEC Form D
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.43%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
2
best: 6 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Oct 2021 | $113.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | Sep 2021 | $49k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Mar 2021 | $750k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Mar 2020 | $49k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Sep 2017 | $1.6M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | LOFT ORBITAL SOLUTIONS INC. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Alexander GreenbergExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Pierre-Damien VaujourExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Antoine de ChassyDirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Mistral Equity Partners 
Supernova Invest 
Ubiquity Ventures 
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How Loft Orbital hires
Truth index
A 88/100
Median time to fill
86 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
30%
Reposted roles
0%
Loft Orbital scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 10 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 30% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 86 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Loft Orbital is a global space technology and satellite infrastructure enterprise headquartered in San Francisco, California, with major satellite integration and testing facilities in Golden, Colorado, and Toulouse, France. Founded in 2017 by Antoine de Chassy, Alex Greenberg, and Pierre-Damien Vaujour, the company provides turn-key "satellite-as-a-service" and space infrastructure management.
News
$1 Billion Program Will Build the World's Largest AI Satellite Infrastructure
The post $1 Billion Program Will Build the World's Largest AI Satellite Infrastructure appeared first on Loft Orbital.
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NASA Puts Google's Gemma Large Language Model in Orbit
The post NASA Puts Google's Gemma Large Language Model in Orbit appeared first on Loft Orbital.
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AI in orbit: The next evolution of compute infrastructure
The post AI in orbit: The next evolution of compute infrastructure appeared first on Loft Orbital.
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AI in orbit: The next evolution of compute infrastructure
Satellites now process data in orbit, not on the ground
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Loft Expands Commoditized Satellite Bus Inventory for Rapid Constellation Deployments - Combined orders total 50 satellites from 5 suppliers across 2 continents
More Longbow platforms and new Apex Nova bus procurements expand Loft's shelf-ready inventory, reinforcing a model built on automated fleet management and mission integration, not bus manufacturing. Loft announced the procurement of 10 new Longbow satelli
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From One Satellite to Constellations: Loft's First 5 Years in Space
In June 2021, Loft launched its first satellite to space, the first step in our mission to make space fast, simple, and reliable. We were setting out to test an idea to make space capabilities as easy as deploying a new application on the cloud. Just five
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Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation
The post Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation appeared first on Loft Orbital.
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Loft Orbital Selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Deploy Artificial Intelligence Software for Earth Science Applications
JPL to leverage Loft's AI-enabled, on-orbit infrastructure to support NASA Earth observation research objectives Today, Loft announced an agreement with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to host and fly demonstrations of JPL artificial intelligence (
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A satellite just learned to find things on its own - here's what that means
The post A satellite just learned to find things on its own - here's what that means appeared first on Loft Orbital.
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A satellite just learned to find things on its own - here's what that means
In April, for the first time ever, an Earth observation satellite found what it was looking for, all on its own.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Loft Orbital over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
101
Postings analysed
52
Stack modernity
77/100AI adopter
Languages
Python65%
C++31%
Rust19%
TypeScript13%
Frameworks & libraries
Pytest15%
React.js10%
Jest10%
Vue.js10%
Databases
PostgreSQL6%
InfluxDB4%
TimescaleDB4%
DuckDB2%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes40%
Linux29%
GCP17%
GitLab CI15%
AI & ML
Claude2%
LLM2%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$193k
Typical range
$39k – $275k
Open positions
30
23
Jobs
Junior
8.7%
Middle
21.7%
Senior
47.8%
Staff
13%
Architect
8.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $122k | $39k – $205k |
| Middle | 5 | $190k | $130k – $239k |
| Senior | 11 | $200k | $190k – $240k |
| Staff | 3 | $190k | $150k – $190k |
| Architect | 2 | $238k | $200k – $275k |
Highest paying role
Director of Embedded Software & FPGA Engineering
$275k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Loft Orbital
By role, level and city, against the market · 30 jobs with pay
People
Alexander Greenberg
Executive Officer, Director
Pierre-Damien Vaujour
Executive Officer, Director
Antoine de Chassy
Director
Jean-Franois Clavier
Director
Alex Greenberg
Director
Steve Vassallo
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
80/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
55
19 opened / 16 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
86 days
faster than 16% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 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.
Backend
27% ▲
Product
10% ▼
HR
10% ▲
Industrial Engineering
10% ▼
DevOps
8% ▼
QA
6% ▼
Actively hiring for Backend (+8 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added RTOS to stack
Oct 2026
Added SQL to stack
Oct 2026
Added Power BI to stack
Oct 2026
Added MS SQL to stack
Oct 2026
Added LLM to stack
Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Sep 2026
Added Claude to stack
Sep 2026
Added Service Desk to stack
Sep 2026
Added K3s to stack
Sep 2026
Added CMake to stack
Sep 2026
Added C to stack
Sep 2026
Added U-Boot to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
4
Countries
3
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
14 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $194k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Product, HR
Golden
United States
Engineering / R&D
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21 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 52% engineering 200-500 est. staff $190k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Product, Hardware
560 Golden Ridge Rd Suite 150,, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Toulouse
France
Engineering / R&D
18 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 50-200 est. staff $39k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, DevOps, Product
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Regional office
9 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, DevOps, Leadership
Jobs
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$90k – $130k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Golden
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≈ $45k – $67k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Toulouse
Python
Flask
FastAPI
Django
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PostgreSQL
TimescaleDB
InfluxDB
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Rest API
Docker
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$110k – $140k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Golden
Linux
Windows
DNS
VPN
Cybersecurity
Okta
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Slack
Confluence
Jira
Google Workspace
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≈ $45k – $67k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Toulouse
Python
Rust
C++
CMake
Databases
NATS
DevOps
gRPC
K3s
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Linux
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≈ $49k – $83k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Toulouse
Python
Rust
C++
CMake
Databases
NATS
DevOps
gRPC
K3s
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Linux
QA
Pytest
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$155k – $225k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • San Francisco
Python
Rust
C++
CMake
Databases
NATS
DevOps
gRPC
K3s
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Linux
QA
Pytest
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$140k – $205k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • San Francisco
Python
Rust
C++
CMake
Databases
NATS
DevOps
gRPC
K3s
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Linux
QA
Pytest
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$195k – $275k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Golden
Rust
C
C++
Embedded C
U-Boot
DevOps
CI/CD
Linux
IoT
FreeRTOS
SpaceTech
RTEMS
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≈ $56k – $88k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Toulouse
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$140k – $210k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Golden
Python
Go
TypeScript
GCP
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Management
Stripe
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≈ $47k – $70k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Toulouse
Python
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TypeScript
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Kubernetes
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