Many years ago, Bridgit Mendler He put acting aside and disappeared from the screen, but what no one knew is that the former star of disney He studied a university degree and is now CEO of his own space company.
In 2010 Mendler became popular for his starring role in the series Good luck Charliehis participation in other popular productions such as The Wizards of Waverly Placeas well as his career in music.
However, while staying away from public life as a Disney star, Mendler studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Law School and then found his startup call Northwoodbased in El Segundo, California.
The objective of Bridgit Mendler it’s not exactly build rockets either satellitesbut produce ground stations mass or teleports; that is, antennas that connect to satellites in space.
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“Vision is a data highway between Earth and space. Space is getting easier in many different dimensions, but the actual exercise of sending data to and from space remains difficult. “He has difficulty finding an access point to contact his satellite,” the singer also told CNBC.
But on this path to learn more about the universe, the former Disney star is not alone as she is accompanied by her husband Griffin Cleverly, who is also the startup’s technology director, as well as Shaurya Luthra, software director. Both with experience in space engineering.
Besides, the Mendler’s company already has approximately $6 million in seed funding contributed by high-profile venture investors such as “Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz and Also Capital,” CNBC reported.
In fact, initially they seek to meet the needs of companies that do not want to spend money or time building their own networks of ground stations, also preventing them from spending on this type of construction.
“We need an approach so that those companies can get the data reliably and in the quantities they need,” he added to CNBC.