Few missions more acutely embody the maxim “space is hard” than Atomos Space’s first demonstration mission, which the company has managed to pull back from the brink of disaster — more than once.
That demonstration mission, dubbed Mission-1, launched to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 4.
Deployment was nominal, and Atomos received its first ping from the spacecraft seven minutes after deployment.
After pulling some strings, they were able to get on the phone with the chief systems engineer of satellite communications company Iridium.
Atomos’ spacecraft were moving too fast, and in direct opposition, such that they couldn’t perform the data “handshake” with those Iridium satellites to actually transmit information back down to Earth.
“Distributional is building the modern enterprise platform for AI testing and evaluation,” Clark told TechCrunch in an email interview.
Our platform is built for AI product teams to proactively and continuously identify, understand and address AI risk before it harms their customers in production.”Clark was inspired to launch Distribution after encountering tech-related AI challenges at Intel post-SigOpt acquisition.
While overseeing a team as Intel’s VP and GM of AI and high-performance compute, he found it nearly impossible to ensure that high-quality AI testing was taking place on a regular cadence.
“The lessons I drew from my convergence of experiences pointed to the need for AI testing and evaluation,” Clark continued.
The software offers organizations a “complete” view of AI risk, Clark says, in a pre-production environment that’s akin to a sandbox.
