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Alphabet’s Starlink competitor Taara is spinning off into an independent company
Taara is a startup that uses light beams to transmit phone and internet service. It has been spun out by Alphabet to become an independent company.
Alphabet will retain a minority stake, but it remains tight-lipped regarding seed funding details or potential financial targets. “They’re going to be able to get connected quickly to market capital, bring in strategic investors and generally be able to scale faster this way,” said Eric Teller, X’s Captain of Moonshots. Mahesh Krishnaswamy, Taara’s general manager and a lead engineer, says that the next step is to develop a silicon photonic chip that will eliminate the need for many of the mirrors and lenses currently positioned on system terminals.
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