Sophia Space has closed a $10 million seed round to accelerate development of its modular, AI-optimized orbital edge computing systems. The round was led by Alpha Funds , KDDI Green Partners Fund, and Unlock Venture Partners . The capital will support continued engineering hires, advancement of proprietary thermal technologies, and scaling of the company’s next-generation in-space computing platform. Founded by former NASA/JPL Fellow Dr. Leon Alkalai , the Pasadena-based sta