Sho Nakanose

Sho Nakanose is the Founder and CEO of GITAI, a U.S.-based defense space company focused on developing affordable robotic satellites and vertically integrated technologies for next-generation defense LEO constellations. Under his leadership, GITAI has successfully demonstrated robotic operations both inside and outside the International Space Station, as well as on-orbit demonstrations of its independently developed satellite platform and autonomous space technologies. Today, GITAI is a prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force’s Space-Based Interceptor initiative, advancing affordable, rapidly deployable space systems that strengthen resilient defense space architectures and U.S. national security.