$COWBOY-SPACE-CORPORATION · Cowboy Space builds 'Honda Civic' rocket for space data centers, skips reusability initially

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Cowboy Space builds 'Honda Civic' rocket for space data centers, skips reusability initially

2026-07-06 · 7 company · 7 thematic

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baiju

Founder of Cowboy Space Corporation, building vertically integrated launch vehicles and orbital data centers to deliver compute from space; previously founded Robinhood.

michaela

President and Head of AI at Replit, led the development of Replit Agent from inception in September 2024; pioneered the vibe coding category and now advancing autonomous agent platforms for solopreneurs.

tyler cosgrove

Tyler Cosgrove is guest hosting this episode of TBPN, filling in for regular co-host Jordi Hays. He contributes analysis on AI model releases, business models, and geopolitical dynamics.

jordi hays

Co-host of TBPN, a live technology and business show covering startups, venture capital and Silicon Valley.

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“We want to optimize for simplicity of architecture and speed to market... We don't have to build the Bugatti Veyron of rocket engines here. We want to build something that's much more the Honda Civic of rocket engines.”

—baiju

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