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Aetherflux Appoints Joe Yaffe as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer
Aetherflux, the space-based solar power company founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, today announced the appointment of Joe Yaffe as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Legal Officer (CLO). In this dual executive role, Yaffe will oversee the company's worldwide operations, legal, and regulatory affairs. Yaffe's appointment follows Aetherlux's recent $90M Series A financing and the announcement that it is targeting Q1 2027 for the first launch of its "Galactic Brain" orbital data cent
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