BRIGHT THINK
Ko te pae tawhiti whaia kia tata, ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tina - Seek the distant horizons, and when you arrive , sustain and maintain them
AI Platform for Exploration.
Looking beyond the horizon into space.
Turanga APEX
Our Vision
Tuarangi means
"looking beyond the horizon into space"
Capturing both the physical reality of space exploration and our vision of pushing technological boundaries.Our focus: AI applications in space systems and space-enabled intelligence.
Four Pathways to Global Impact
Technology Stacks Where New Zealand Can Lead
Agentic Operation of Space Assets
Satellite formation flying for cross-track interferometry. InSAR constellations. Stereo/multi-angle imaging for 3D surface reconstruction
Impact: Autonomous coordination of orbital systems
Distillation of Data into Intelligence
Edge-AI computation on orbiting platforms. Training and inference directly in space. Mitigating downlink bandwidth bottlenecks from hyperspectral imagers.
Impact: Real-time intelligence from high-volume sensors
Autonomy of Deep-Space Operations
Speed of light poses hard limits on Earth-based control. Mars rovers with autonomous decision-making. Swarms of cooperative mining robots on asteroids.
Impact: Resilient operations in harsh deep-space environments
AI-Augmented Forecasting of Chaotic Systems
Planetary weather modeling. Early detection of Kessler Syndrome cascade risks. Emergent behavior in non-linear complex systems
Impact: Predict what physics alone cannot
Why New Zealand
World-leading niche AI technologies
• Emerging space technology capability.
• Mātauranga Māori enrichment as competitive advantage.
• Unique positioning at the AI + Space interface