From Hyrox to YC coming to India, today’s briefing:

1/ Urmil Bakhai is the of SatLeo Labs, a spacetech startup building a constellation of thermal infrared microsatellites in Low Earth Orbit. The company has raised $5.5M in seed funding and crossed $42M in LOIs — and is targeting a Q4 2026 launch for its first satellite, TAPAS-1.

2/ Harshit Yadav is Founder and CEO of Zingroll, an AI entertainment platform where users become the main character in AI-generated shows. Backed by a16z and selected for the Accel & Google AI Futures Fund Atoms Cohort 2026, Harshit is betting on personalised AI content as the next frontier in entertainment.