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Jonathan Godwin, CEO at Orbital: Orbital raised $50m Series B
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- Scaling Europe
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- Jun 29, 2026
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Summary
Orbital recently raised a $50m Series B led by Plural to scale its AI platform for developing advanced materials. Jonathan Godwin is Co-founder and CEO at Orbital Industries. The company is using AI to discover a new GPU cooling material for data centres, with plans to apply the same technology to hardware and manufacturing across sectors such as semiconductors, energy and aerospace. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:20 - Orbital’s $50m Series B 1:50 - Discovering a new GPU cooling material 3:45 - The long-term vision for AI industrials 5:50 - Raising deep tech before the AI boom 8:20 - Why Plural backed Orbital 11:20 - The Orb open-source model 14:05 - Why Orb is open source 15:15 - Why Orbital builds hardware, not just AI models 20:40 - Building a mission-driven company