Building Tomorrow's
Infrastructure Today
We're a team of aerospace engineers, systems architects, and infrastructure experts united by a common vision: sovereign compute infrastructure that serves all of humanity.
What Drives Us
Sovereignty First
Every decision is evaluated against our core mission: building truly sovereign infrastructure that serves humanity, not any single nation or corporation.
Radical Transparency
Open governance, public telemetry, auditable systems. We believe trust is earned through visibility, not secrecy.
Long-Term Thinking
We're building infrastructure to last decades. Short-term optimization never trumps long-term sustainability.
Engineering Excellence
Space doesn't forgive shortcuts. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of engineering rigor.
The People Behind SolarNode
World-class expertise in aerospace, computing, and infrastructure.
Dr. Sarah Chen
CEO & Co-Founder
Former SpaceX systems architect. PhD in Aerospace Engineering from MIT. Led the Starlink power systems team.
Marcus van der Berg
CTO & Co-Founder
20+ years in high-performance computing. Former Principal Engineer at CERN. Expert in radiation-hardened systems.
Dr. Yuki Tanaka
Chief Science Officer
Former JAXA mission director. Led multiple successful orbital missions. Pioneer in autonomous spacecraft systems.
James O'Brien
VP Engineering
Built distributed systems at Google Cloud. Expert in mesh networking and fault-tolerant architectures.
Elena Kowalski
VP Operations
Former ESA operations director. Managed ground station networks across 4 continents.
David Mensah
VP Business Development
Previously led enterprise sales at AWS. Specializes in government and critical infrastructure sectors.
Milestones
SolarNode Foundation established in Amsterdam
Pre-seed funding (€2.5M) secured
Seed funding (€8M) completed
SolarNode One launched via SpaceX Transporter-12
First commercial data processed in orbit
Series A funding (ongoing)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Based in the heart of Europe, with ground stations spanning four continents. We chose Amsterdam for its progressive stance on technology, excellent connectivity, and access to world-class talent.
SolarNode Foundation
Keizersgracht 520
1017 EK Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Let's Talk
Interested in partnering with us? Have questions about our technology? We'd love to hear from you.