Stargate is tackling a critical yet often overlooked layer of the autonomous ecosystem: high-precision GNSS positioning infrastructure. In this interview, the company explains how it unifies fragmented networks to deliver reliable, centimeter-level accuracy at a global scale. It also shares early industrial use cases and the challenges of operating in a still underappreciated market. Underlying it all is a broader question of European technological sovereignty.

What strategic or critical issue in space or complex infrastructure does Stargate address?

There is a structural limitation in how high-precision GPS (in other words GNSS) positioning is delivered today: fragmented ground infrastructure has become a major bottleneck for scaling autonomous systems. 

Modern robotics, drones, and self-driving vehicles require continuous centimeter-level accuracy. However, existing solutions are fragmented, region-specific, and are not designed for scalable, cross-regional autonomous operations. As a result, companies operating across borders must manage multiple subscriptions, integrations, and configurations – adding both cost and operational complexity.

Stargate addresses this by aggregating correction data from multiple networks into a single cloud-based interface, with a focus on interoperability and reliability. Rather than requiring users to adapt to different providers, Stargate acts as a virtual roaming operator, standardizing access and ensuring continuous real-time data delivery. 

This significantly reduces operational friction and enables companies to deploy and scale autonomous systems more consistently across geographies.

What is the core technology that makes your solution more reliable or higher-performing than existing solutions?

Stargate is more than a simple reseller of GPS augmentation data, or what we call correction streams. Our product requires deep expertise in GNSS corrections, reference-station infrastructure, interoperability, protocol and format standardization, and service architecture for demanding real-world applications. Building a platform capable of ingesting heterogeneous data sources, harmonizing them, and delivering them reliably at scale requires specialized know-how that remains relatively rare in the market.

At its core, Stargate is a cloud-based layer that combines data from multiple GNSS reference station networks into a single standardized service. Instead of relying on one fixed network, we integrate multiple sources and deliver them through a unified interface. This architecture allows us to maintain consistent centimeter-level accuracy while reducing dependency on any single provider.

Because we work with multiple networks, the system can seamlessly switch between sources when needed - improving reliability and uptime compared to traditional single-network solutions. 

At the same time, everything is exposed through a single API with standardized formats, eliminating the need for multiple integrations or region-specific configurations.

In practice, this means companies can rely on a single service across geographies and hardware setups without changing their correction provider. It simplifies operations while maintaining high performance – where most existing solutions tend to fall short.

Are you already working with institutional or industrial players, and on which use cases?

Yes, we have already worked with several industrial players through our Stargate Pioneers beta program, which we recently completed. This initiative brought together forward-looking companies across multiple industries, allowing us to test our solution in real-world environments and validate its performance in practical applications.

Our pilot customers include:

• Motor AI, which develops full-stack autonomous driving software for urban environments, where highly reliable and continuous positioning is critical for safe navigation. 

• HMDrive, focused on intelligent vehicle systems and advanced driver assistance technologies requiring precise localization. 

• Farming Revolution, which builds innovative solutions for precision farming. Their work involves optimizing field operations – such as planting, spraying, and harvesting - where centimeter-level accuracy directly impacts efficiency, cost reduction, and resource management

• GAMMA Technologies, developing AR-based tools that rely on accurate positioning and spatial awareness to align digital content with the physical world in construction environnements.

These collaborations allowed us to focus on core use cases where high-precision positioning is not just beneficial but essential, including autonomous vehicle navigation, robotic operations, and agricultural automation workflows. 

Across all these domains, the common requirement is the need for consistent centimeter-level accuracy combined with reliability and ease of integration into existing systems. The insights from our beta program have been instrumental in refining our product and ensuring that it meets the expectations of emerging autonomous applications.

From day one, Stargate has been designed as a globally oriented company. Even at this early stage, approximately 75% of our pilot customers are international, allowing us to validate our solution across different geographies, infrastructures, and operational conditions.

As a result, several pilot customers are now transitioning into paying clients, while others are expanding into longer-term partnerships. 

What is the biggest challenge today: the technology, market access, or trust?

The biggest challenge today is not the technology itself. We have already demonstrated that it works through pilots with autonomous vehicles, robots, mapping companies, and industrial users across multiple countries. The real challenge lies in building a company in a highly specialized field that remains poorly understood by many investors and even by parts of the market.

Precise positioning infrastructure is becoming as critical for robotics and autonomous systems as cloud infrastructure is for software. Yet, because it sits deep in the technical stack and is not directly associated with highly visible trends like AI, its importance is often underestimated. 

Humanity has developed a remarkable talent for getting excited about the robot, while forgetting that the robot still needs to know where it is – a surprisingly useful detail.

As one of the few companies in Luxembourg and Europe focused on next-generation positioning services, we must simultaneously build the technology, engage industrial customers, run pilots, and educate investors on why this layer matters. 

We are already demonstrating strong demand through collaborations with leading industrial partners. The key challenge now is structuring the right fundraising strategy, as infrastructure businesses require significant upfront investment. 

Ultimately, the challenge is less about trust in our solution and more about ensuring the ecosystem understands the strategic importance of resilient, scalable positioning infrastructure for the future of mobility, robotics, and automation.

If Stargate succeeds, how will it change European technological sovereignty or security?

If Stargate succeeds, it can play a key role in strengthening Europe’s technological sovereignty by building a more resilient and interoperable positioning layer for future industries.

Today, many European companies rely either on fragmented local correction networks or on a limited number of foreign providers - primarily from the United States and increasingly from China. This creates dependencies, complicates cross-border deployment, and exposes critical sectors to outages, commercial constraints, and geopolitical risks.

Stargate proposes a different model: rather than replacing existing infrastructure, we connect and enhance it. We aggregate national GNSS networks, commercial correction services, and private reference station operators into a unified platform, enabling seamless cross-border operations for robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial systems.

This includes European infrastructure, but also trusted global partners. We believe that resilience does not come from relying on a single provider or country, but from intelligently combining multiple infrastructure layers. By integrating European, American, Asian, and other correction services into a single system, Stargate can deliver greater redundancy, broader coverage, and higher reliability than any standalone network.

At the same time, Stargate ensures that Europe retains control over the interface, the integration layer, and the strategic ability to select and combine providers. Europe already has strong assets, such as Galileo and numerous national GNSS networks, but these assets remain fragmented and difficult to access at scale. Stargate can become the missing accessibility layer that transforms this fragmented infrastructure into a practical, scalable service for industry.

By creating a European platform that connects the best available correction services while remaining independent from any provider, Stargate can strengthen European technological sovereignty without isolating Europe from the rest of the world. 

In the long term, this would enable more resilient infrastructure for autonomous transport, logistics, robotics, and other security-sensitive sectors, while ensuring that control, expertise, and value creation remain anchored in Europe.