#173 | Optical Communications | Rohit Jha, Transcelestial

Space lasers - we are talking about space lasers again -- for optical communications rather than more sinister purposes, at least for the moment. Our guest this week is Rohit Jha from Singapore-based startup Transcelestial. Optical communications are becoming an even bigger topic than they have been before, in part thanks to orbital data centers. We talk all about that, and much more, in the episode. Enjoy.

01:38 Elevator pitch

04:47 Laser history & why now

08:05 Tech Stack

09:36 Terrestrial product for telcos

11:58 Go-to-market

18:22 Defense product

23:26 Space product

27:52 Commercial space strategy

36:09 Supply chain

42:35 Orbital data centers

49:29 Singapore