Your next Uber Technologies, Inc (NYSE:UBER) driver might not just be AI—it might be running from space.
At roughly 250 miles above Earth, low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are emerging as the next frontier for AI compute. Companies like Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) aren’t just pushing intelligence into cars—they’re exploring how to distribute it beyond the planet itself.
Why? Latency, scale, and coverage.
Space-based compute platforms—think satellite clusters acting as floating data centers—could process and relay real-time AI decisions globally, bypassing terrestrial infrastructure bottlenecks. That matters when you’re trying to coordinate tens of thousands of autonomous vehicles across dense urban environments.
Now layer that into Nvidia’s latest move.
The company has partnered with Uber to deploy up …
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