Google Just Put AI in Space. It Had to Hitch a Ride on Elon Musk’s Rocket.

Google launched its Project Suncatcher test satellite with four AI chips to orbit via SpaceX Falcon 9, testing whether AI chips can survive harsh space conditions. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has filed plans with the FCC for a million data center satellites to address AI's massive power consumption bottleneck. Altucher argues Musk is two decades ahead of competitors and identifies a small supplier providing critical data networking infrastructure as a potential key beneficiary.