Amazon will quickly be a giant a part of the house economic system within the type of its Kuiper satellite tv for pc web constellation, however right here on Earth its ambitions are extra commonplace: get an accelerator going. They’ve partnered with space-focused VC outfit Seraphim Capital to create a four-week program with (amongst different issues) a $100,000 AWS credit score for a carrot.
Applications are open now for the AWS Space Accelerator, with the one requirement that you just’re aiming for the house sector and plan to make use of AWS in some unspecified time in the future. Ten candidates might be accepted; you’ve till April 21 to use.
The program sounds pretty easy: a “technical, business, and mentorship” deal the place you’ll doubtless learn to use AWS correctly, get some good suggestions from the AWS Partner Network and different space-focused consultants on tech, rules and safety, then rub shoulders with some VCs to speak about that spherical you’re placing collectively. (No doubt Seraphim’s workforce will get first dibs, however there doesn’t seem like any strict fairness settlement.)
“Selected startups may receive up to $100,000 in AWS Activate credit,” the announcement says, which does hedge considerably, however most likely authorized made them put that in.
There are an excellent quantity of space-focused packages on the market, however not almost sufficient to cowl demand — there are loads of house startups! And they typically face a particular problem of being extremely technical, have prospects within the public sector and wish moderately loads of money to get going in contrast together with your common enterprise SaaS.
We’ll perceive extra about this system as soon as the primary cohort is introduced, doubtless not for no less than a month or two.
