Orbital Data Centers, Infrastructure and Connectivity with Ashurst Perkins Coie and Space Happy Hour

Join Ashurst Perkins Coie and Space Happy Hour for a Seattle Tech Week event.

From launching the first AI chip in space to processing real-time data for civil, defense, and commercial customers, unpack how space-based infrastructure is becoming the next critical layer of AI and cloud computing. Grab a drink, ask your boldest questions, and connect with the community shaping the next frontier. Sign up before it fills up!

Schedule

5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. PT: Check in

5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. PT: Panel discussion

6:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. PT: Sunset networking happy hour

Moderator

Ben Straughan, Ashurst Perkins Coie

Panelists

Leif Danielsen, General Partner, Acequia Capital Derek Huerta, CEO, Eclipse Space Philip Johnston, CEO, Starcloud Brian Monnin, CCO & Co-Founder, Sophia Space

Ashurst Perkins Coie's Emerging Companies & Venture Capital lawyers are trusted advisors to the world’s most innovative companies and most visionary investors. We support startup clients from formation to exit with comprehensive legal and business counseling. Our clients have raised more than $15 billion in the private markets over the past three years between the pre-seed and growth stage. Our extensive corporate law experience, combined with sector-specific business and product counseling, ensure our services are tailored to each client's unique needs, investor expectations, and growth trajectories in cutting-edge industries like AI, aerospace and defense tech, fintech, digital health, gaming, energy innovation, digital media, and consumer packaged goods.

Space Happy Hours are informal gatherings of companies in the space industry as well as those in the broader space ecosystem. We offer lively events at breweries as well as exclusive events at space companies.