Pixxel联合创始人兼首席执行官阿瓦伊斯·艾哈迈德（Awais Ahmed）驳斥了有关这家总部位于班加罗尔的太空科技初创公司并非印度公司的网络言论。他在11月2日在X平台上发布的一篇1580字的长文中表示：“首先，Pixxel的总部、所有权、管理权和控制权均在印度。”
Pixxel co-founder and CEO Awais Ahmed has rejected online claims that the Bengaluru-based spacetech startup is not Indian. In a 1,580-word post on X on November 2, he said, “First, Pixxel is Indian-HQed, Indian owned, Indian-managed and Indian-controlled.”
Pixxel于10月29日宣布成立美国子公司Pixxel Federal，以开拓美国国防和情报业务。该公司的超光谱卫星能够捕捉多个波段的图像，比传统的卫星图像提供更多细节。
Pixxel announced on October 29 that it had set up Pixxel Federal, a US subsidiary, to tap American defence and intelligence business. The company's hyperspectral satellites capture images across many wavelengths, which gives more detail than conventional satellite imagery.300+ Indians have spent years of their lives building satellites and critical technology for this country. They deserve better than having their work and patriotism questioned by manufactured controversies.I owe them a response.
“300多名印度人花费了数年时间为这个国家建造卫星和关键技术。他们的工作和爱国主义不应遭到人为制造的争议的质疑。我欠他们一个回应。以下是回应：阿瓦伊斯·艾哈迈德2026年11月2日”不久之后，社交媒体用户声称Pixxel从未将总部设在印度，一直是一家美国公司。他们还质疑该公司是否能够妥善服务印度的国防机构，包括在“国防卓越创新计划”（Innovations for Defence Excellence initiative）之下的服务。
Here it is: Awais Ahmed November 2, 2026Soon after, social media users claimed Pixxel was never headquartered in India and had always been a US company.
艾哈迈德回击现年28岁的艾哈迈德是皮尔尼 BITS 学院（BITS Pilani）的毕业生，他谈到了“针对推特的有针对性的攻击”、“发给我们政府客户的匿名电子邮件，以及一再试图对我们的所有权、技术和资质产生怀疑的行为”。
They also questioned whether it could properly serve Indian defence institutions, including under the Innovations for Defence Excellence initiative.
他表示，联合创始人克希蒂杰·坎德尔瓦尔（Kshitij Khandelwal）被贴上了叛徒的标签，并被指责“出卖灵魂”、“被美国私募股权收购”，以及运营着一家“由中情局运营Pixxel”的公司。
他说：“作为一名出生在穆斯林家庭的印度人，我的国籍和爱国主义受到质疑，不幸的是这并不是什么新鲜事。我以前见过这种情况。但是，当有人对我们花费八年时间建立的公司散布谣言时，我绝不会袖手旁观。”
Ahmed Hits BackAhmed, 28, a BITS Pilani graduate, spoke of “targeted attacks on Twitter”, “anonymous emails to our government customers and repeated attempts to cast doubt on our ownership, technology and credentials”.He said co-founder Kshitij Khandelwal had been branded a traitor and accused of “selling our soul”, of “being bought by American PE” and of running a company where “CIA is running Pixxel”.He said, “As an Indian born to a muslim family, having my nationality and patriotism questioned is unfortunately nothing new. I've seen this before. But I will not stand by while lies are spread about a company we've spent eight years building..”On incorporation, Ahmed said the Indian entity was set up in 2018, before any international entity.
在公司注册方面，艾哈迈德表示，印度实体成立于2018年，早于任何国际实体。美国实体随后于2019年成立。他说：“是的，我们在印度实体成立几个月后也注册了一个美国实体，以服务美国和国际客户。”
The US entity followed in 2019. “Yes, we incorporated a US entity too, a few months after our Indian entity, to serve American and international customers,” he said.
在知识产权方面，他说：“为印度政府项目开发的所有知识产权都保留在印度境内，受印度的所有权和控制权管辖。”没有任何外国实体对这些程序拥有所有权或决策权。
On intellectual property , he said, “All IP developed for Indian government projects is held in India, under Indian ownership and control.”No foreign entity has ownership or decision-making authority over these programmes.
关于Pixxel Federal，他表示，新宣布的董事会和首席执行官仅针对专注于美国政府的子公司，对Pixxel的印度业务或政府项目没有控制权。
On Pixxel Federal, he said the newly announced board and CEO are only for the US government-focused subsidiary and have no control over Pixxel's Indian operations or government programmes.
他补充说，由于国家安全、出口管制、许可和客户保密的原因，在不同行业开展受监管业务需要不同国家的实体。
He added that entities in different countries are needed to work in regulated industries, because of national security, export controls, licensing and customer confidentiality.
该公司表示，外国的存在不会自动使印度设计的卫星及其知识产权受到美国出口限制，尽管它承认外国来源的零部件和技术带有合规要求。
The company said a foreign presence does not automatically subject Indian-designed satellites and their IP to US export restrictions, though it acknowledged that foreign-origin components and technologies carry compliance requirements.
Pixxel拥有许多外国投资者。艾哈迈德表示，当公司在几年内在印度进行首次公开募股（IPO）时，其公司架构将会披露。
Pixxel has many foreign investors. Ahmed said its corporate structure will be disclosed when it launches an IPO in India in a few years.“We are a private company and we haven't put out our exact corporate structure anywhere yet. All I can say is that not a single public snapshot of our corporate structure is completely accurate,” he said.
他说：“我们是一家私营公司，目前还没有在任何地方公布我们的确切公司结构。我只能说，我们公司结构的任何公开截图都不是完全准确的。”竞争重燃11月1日，由苏亚什·辛哈（Suyash Sinha）领导的竞争对手太空科技初创公司GalaxEye在X平台上发布了一篇长篇博客，题为《印度制造，总部在印度：GalaxEye的故事》。
Rivalry ResurfacesOn November 1, rival spacetech startup GalaxEye, led by Suyash Sinha, published a long blog on X titled “Built in India, Headquartered in India: The GalaxEye Story”.It did not name Pixxel, but people in the sector linked the two.
该文章没有点名Pixxel，但业内人士将两者联系起来。文章称：“我们申请的每一份合同和每一次投标都来自单一实体：GalaxEye。”文章还补充说，GalaxEye避免了为了赢得项目而设立多个公司。
It said, “Every contract and every bid we have applied for has come from a single entity: GalaxEye.”It added that GalaxEye had avoided setting up multiple companies to win projects.
这两家初创公司过去曾发生过冲突。2024年2月，辛哈写了一篇名为《太空超光谱成象今天只是一种白日梦吗？》的博客。该博客同样没有点名Pixxel，但Pixxel是唯一一家提供超光谱成像的印度初创公司。
The two startups have clashed before. In February 2024, Sinha wrote a blog titled “Is space-based Hyperspectral imagery just a pipe dream today?”It did not name Pixxel either, but Pixxel is the only Indian startup offering hyperspectral imagery.
辛哈辩称，超光谱成像有助于农业和采矿业，但可能无法满足国防和安全需求，他认为国防和安全需求需要结合来自多个传感器的的数据。GalaxEye正在开发此类技术。
Sinha argued that hyperspectral imagery helps agriculture and mining but may not meet defence and security needs, which he said call for combining data from multiple sensors. GalaxEye is developing such technology.
该博客被广泛分享，包括在WhatsApp群组中。几天后，艾哈迈德在太空科技创始人和科学家组成的封闭WhatsApp群组中向辛哈喊话。他表示，贬低其他公司“对任何人都没有帮助，因为我们正试图作为一个国家腾飞”。出口管制担忧除了这场争端之外，《那斯达克》（Moneycontrol）报道称，专家们认为，拥有美国业务的太空科技公司面临着更广泛的风险。
The blog was widely shared, including on WhatsApp groups. A few days later, Ahmed addressed Sinha in a closed WhatsApp group of space tech founders and scientists. He said that bringing other companies down “doesn't help anyone as we're trying to take off as a country”.Export Control FearsBeyond the dispute, Moneycontrol reported that experts see a wider risk for spacetech firms with US operations.
他们表示，此类公司可能面临美国的出口管制、合规授权和投资者压力，这可能会使它们在冲突期间面临美国主导的数据中断和运营限制。当该媒体首次接洽时，Pixxel拒绝置评。艾哈迈德现在已在他的文章中回应了这些担忧。融资与业务Pixxel最近在由淡马锡（Temasek）和塞拉菲姆（Seraphim）共同领投的C轮融资中筹集了1亿美元，使其总融资额达到1.95亿美元。
They said such firms can face US export controls, compliance mandates and investor pressure, which could expose them to US-directed data blackouts and operational restrictions during conflicts. Pixxel declined to comment when the publication first approached it. Ahmed has now addressed these concerns in his post. Funding and BusinessPixxel recently raised $100 million in a Series C round co-led by Temasek and Seraphim, taking its total funding to $195 million.
2022年，在完成种子轮前融资后，它筹集了由Radical Ventures领投的2700万美元A轮融资。2023年，它获得了3600万美元的B轮融资，谷歌（Google）作为投资者参与其中。
In 2022, after a pre-seed round, it raised a $27 million Series A led by Radical Ventures. In 2023, it secured a $36 million Series B, with Google as an investor.
Pixxel轨道上有六颗“萤火虫”（Firefly）超光谱卫星。艾哈迈德早些时候告诉《商业线报》（businessline），该公司通过“萤火虫”为35-40名客户提供服务。政府合同带来了约75%的收入，商业企业占另外25%。
Pixxel has six Firefly hyperspectral satellites in orbit. Ahmed told businessline earlier that the company serves 35-40 customers through Firefly. Government contracts bring in about 75% of revenue and commercial enterprises the other 25%.GalaxEye Space was spun out of IIT Madras in 2021 and has raised roughly $26–$34 million.
GalaxEye Space于2021年从马德拉斯印度理工学院（IIT Madras）剥离出来，已筹集了约2600万至3400万美元资金。该公司正在制造结合了合成孔径雷达（Synthetic Aperture Radar）和光学有效载荷的地球观测卫星。
It is building Earth observation satellites that combine Synthetic Aperture Radar and optical payloads.