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Cognitive Space builds AI software that autonomously optimizes satellite constellation operations, tasking, and scheduling for operators.
ACTIVECognitive Space uses AI to autonomously optimize satellite constellation operations, tasking, and scheduling.
Cognitive Space uses AI to autonomously optimize satellite constellation operations, tasking, and scheduling.
Rank 58 of 93 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 34 and 77.
4 of 8 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 63% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-14 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Legal name
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1 private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Latest government contract
COGNITIVE SPACE WILL ENHANCE ITS CNTIENT-OPTIMIZE PRODUCT AND WORK WITH SDA THROUGH AN AGILE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO UPDATE, DEMONSTRATE AND ITERATE WITH THE SDA CUSTOMER FOR THE EFFECTIVE AUTOMATED T…
DoD · $2M · Dec 9, 2024
Latest funding round
convertible_note · $500K
Dec 8, 2023
AI-powered satellite constellation management and autonomous tasking platform.
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Compiled Oct 15, 2026 from 6 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
2 awards, $3.0M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Aug 8, 2022 to Dec 9, 2024; most from DoD (2 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Dec 9, 2024
Latest space award
$1.8M from DoD
COGNITIVE SPACE WILL ENHANCE ITS CNTIENT-OPTIMIZE PRODUCT AND WORK WITH SDA THROUGH AN AGILE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO UPDATE, DEMONSTRATE AND...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Dec 9, 2024
Form D notices
3 offerings reported on Form D
Latest filed Dec 14, 2023; first sale Dec 8, 2023
Each offering counts once: a later amendment (Form D/A) replaces its original. Form D names no round label and no investors. Filings for a merger or SPAC deal are left out.
Latest sourced round
Convertible note round: $500K
Reported on Form D filed Dec 14, 2023; the date shown is the first sale
Source: SEC EDGAR
First sale Dec 8, 2023
Sourced rounds on record
3 rounds, $7.5M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Department of Defense
2 space awards, $3.0M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Dec 9, 2024
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 15). Cognitive Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cognitive-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Cognitive Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 15, 2026. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cognitive-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_cognitivespace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Cognitive Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cognitive-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cognitive-space},
urldate = {2026-10-15},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-15; each fact links its primary source}
}