## Kymeta - https://www.kymetacorp.com/ - Satellite communications company - Borne of research into metamaterials by Nathan Kundtz of Intellectual Ventures and now funded by Mr. Gates, Liberty Global and Lux. #### Need - ##### Connectivity - servicing the demand from 30 billion connected devices in the next decade through leveraging satellite & cellular networks - ##### Coverage - reducing the unreliability & high infra costs to access good connectivity outside metropolitan areas - ##### Hybrid - the future of connectivity is hybrid satellite-cellular networks, satisfying the demand for global ubiquitous mobile connectivity. #### IP - Manufacture software-enabled, meta-materials based electronic beamforming antennas and terminals - Moving away from parabolic dish antennas that are large and unwieldy to Tiny antennas use lightweight “metamaterials” to produce small, flat devices #space