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April 7, 2026
Xoople Raises $130M to Feed AI Defense-Grade Satellite Data
Published: April 7, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Updated: April 7, 2026 at 12:33 AM
100-word summary
Spanish startup Xoople closed a $130 million Series B led by Nazca Capital to build a satellite constellation that feeds AI models Earth-observation data. The company also landed a deal with L3Harris Technologies to supply defense-grade sensors for its spacecraft. The bet: AI needs better, more consistent planet-scale data than today's patchwork satellite feeds can provide. Xoople calls it "Earth's System of Record" and plans to commercialize starting next quarter. The company has raised $225 million total. Investors are betting that tomorrow's AI won't just consume text scraped from the internet, but real-time satellite imagery captured with military-spec hardware.
What happened
Spanish startup Xoople closed a $130 million Series B led by Nazca Capital to build a satellite constellation that feeds AI models Earth-observation data. The company also landed a deal with L3Harris Technologies to supply defense-grade sensors for its spacecraft. The bet: AI needs better, more consistent planet-scale data than today's patchwork satellite feeds can provide. Xoople calls it "Earth's System of Record" and plans to commercialize starting next quarter. The company has raised $225 million total.
Why it matters
Investors are betting that tomorrow's AI won't just consume text scraped from the internet, but real-time satellite imagery captured with military-spec hardware.