Overview Energy
Northern Virginia startup spun out of Jed McCaleb's Vast (which retains a stake), beaming wide-beam near-infrared laser power from GEO onto existing terrestrial solar farms so they generate at night. Holds the vertical's marquee commercial deal: an early-access agreement giving Meta up to 1 GW of capacity by around 2030.
FINANCIAL HEALTH
RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS
| Date | Type | Amount | Counterparty | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 06, 2026 | Contract Award | — | U.S. Air Force, Overview Energy | High |
SECTOR POSITION
RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | SpaceNews | Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Three New Associate Members |
| Jun 15, 2026 | SpaceNews | What’s the Best Way to Monetize Space Energy? |
| May 06, 2026 | SpaceNews — Space-Based Solar Power tag | Overview Energy wins Air Force contract to study space-based solar power for military bases |
| Dec 10, 2025 | SpaceNews — Space-Based Solar Power tag | Overview Energy demonstrates technologies for space solar power |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Heatmap News profile documents the GEO laser-beaming architecture and Meta 1 GW early-access deal; total-raised figure is thinly sourced and hedged.
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.