The Compression Company

The Compression Company(TCC), founded in 2025, builds AI compression for sensor data. A satellite camera produces enormous files, far more than the satellite can send back to Earth in the short windows it has to transmit. So most of what a satellite captures is never downloaded. TCC trains a custom compression model for a specific operator's data and hardware, runs it on the computer already onboard the satellite, and shrinks the imagery before it's sent down. This results in the operator getting several times more usable data from the same satellite. It's delivered as a software update, which means no new hardware, no new launch.

They make existing satellites far more useful without anyone launching anything. The standard way to get more data down is to launch more satellites. TCC does it with software on the satellites already up there. They shipped their first orbital deployment and went live in Q1 2026. 

The potential application for their technology is more than just satellites. The same approach works for anything that generates more data than it can move, for example self-driving cars, drones, robots, medical scanners.

The founders are a particularly good fit. Michael Stanway and Joe Griffith met studying neurotech at Imperial, working on imaging and on how the brain compresses information. Griffith left a PhD to start TCC. They came out of Entrepreneurs First and raised $3.4M led by Long Journey (Early SpaceX backer).