I was excited to see this article, because I reacted the same way as the author to the initial press release. I was wondering how are they making money now. Especially since someone mentioned that they had 20-30 engineers and that is pretty expensive.
Unfortunately the article completely failed to answer the question it posed in its own title. It listed a bunch of ways they hope to make money in the future, but did not mention how they make money now.
They may sell, in advance, their technology (robot satellite swarms) which can be used by other organizations for other purposes. That's a supposition though...
Or maybe they have research contracts which benefits them and other clients.
Unfortunately the article completely failed to answer the question it posed in its own title. It listed a bunch of ways they hope to make money in the future, but did not mention how they make money now.