AIKO

AIKO, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Turin, Italy, develops artificial intelligence software for autonomous satellite operations — enabling satellites to make onboard decisions, detect anomalies, adapt mission plans, and operate with reduced ground contact dependence — positioning itself as a European pioneer in space AI with the milestone of being the first European company to demonstrate in-orbit deep learning inference in 2019.

AIKO's product suite spans three core autonomous satellite operations domains: MiRAGE (Mission Autonomous Reasoning and Goal Execution) handles in-flight mission autonomy — enabling satellites to autonomously reprioritize observation targets based on real-time events (natural disasters, emerging targets), manage resource constraints, and execute complex mission sequences without ground intervention. orbital_OLIVER provides onboard decision-making using computer vision and scene understanding to identify objects of interest in imagery, triggering responsive data collection and downlink prioritization. gifted_GENE applies predictive maintenance machine learning to satellite subsystem telemetry, identifying anomaly signatures and degradation patterns before failures occur.

The Turin location reflects Italy's strong space engineering heritage centered on OHB Italia, Thales Alenia Space's Turin campus (manufactures Galileo navigation satellites and ISS modules), and the Politecnico di Torino aerospace engineering research community that supplies AIKO's technical talent pool. Italian space agency (ASI) program connections facilitate early-stage government mission demonstrations.

With over 25 employees and more than €6 million raised from European deeptech venture investors, AIKO is growing alongside the European NewSpace ecosystem. The company competes with Cognitive Space (US), Slingshot Aerospace, and RHEA Group's space AI offerings in the autonomous satellite operations software market, differentiating through its onboard embedded AI focus versus cloud-based fleet management approaches.