HUGO
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Your person in space.

HUGO is the AI chief of staff from Cosmic Futures. Every Monday he sends the 3 to 7 tenders, partner intros and events that fit your goals, with sources linked and the next step drafted for your yes.

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3-7moves a week, ranked for your company
Everyitem links its source and quotes deadlines
0messages or intros sent without your yes
Humanchecked by our team during the pilot

STAGE 01 // FULL SKY INGESTION

signals in a sample week

ESA STAR, EU TED, Funding & Tenders, UK Find a Tender, space news, hiring surges and events. Almost none of it is for you.

STAGE 02 // SEGMENT FILTER

fit your segment

Everything outside your orbit drops away: wrong subsystem, wrong TRL, wrong geography, wrong contract size.

STAGE 03 // SIGNAL TRIANGULATION

match your goals

Cross-checked against the capabilities, target accounts and no-go list from your 15-minute onboarding call.

STAGE 04 // MONDAY BRIEF READY

moves, ready to approve

A tender, a person to meet, and an event decision. Each sourced, deadline quoted verbatim, waiting for your yes.

Sources: ESA STAR, EU TED, Funding & Tenders, UK Find a Tender, Orbiteer network, Space news, Exhibitor lists, Funding rounds.

What HUGO watches for you

Three kinds of move. One brief.

Every signal in the noise resolves to a tender worth bidding on, a person worth meeting or an event worth flying to. Hover or tap a pillar to lock the signal.

01 · TENDERESA STAR · Call #11482

Tenders and grants

Matched to your technical capabilities, with eligibility checked, deadline quoted verbatim and a one-page bid or no-bid memo.

  • ESA STAR open calls
  • EU TED and Funding & Tenders
  • UK Find a Tender & national portals
02 · PERSONAna Silva · Prime GNC Lead

Partners and people

Funding rounds, contract awards and hiring signals at your target accounts, paired with a warm intro path or a 1-to-1 draft.

  • Double opt-in intros via Orbiteer
  • 1-to-1 outreach drafts you send yourself
  • Named competitor and prime watch
03 · EVENTSpace Tech Expo · Bremen

Events

A clear go or skip recommendation for each industry conference, plus ranked people to meet and draft requests before you fly.

  • Target accounts exhibiting
  • Ranked who-to-meet list & drafts
  • Submission and registration deadlines

Approval & briefing flow · WhatsApp, Telegram & Email

Who are you? Scroll to watch HUGO work.

01 · 08:00HUGO (AI)

Monday 08:00: HUGO sends your top tender match.

Scored against the capabilities and goals from your 15-minute onboarding call, and reviewed by our team.

  1. Founder, CEO, 18-person propulsion startup: 08:00 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Morning. Your Monday brief is in your inbox (3 moves). Top deadline alert: 08:02 You: Approve memo 08:02 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Memo sent to your email and web archive, with a 12 Dec calendar hold. 08:03 HUGO: HUGO (AI): A feed-systems lead in Lisbon (Orbiteer member) fits the partner gap. Ask if they are open to an intro? 08:04 You: Ask them 08:04 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Opt-in note sent via Orbiteer. I will only introduce you if they say yes.
  2. BD lead, Head of BD, satellite subsystem supplier: 16:40 You: Flying to Space Tech Expo in Bremen. Which exhibitors fit our target list? 16:41 HUGO: HUGO (AI): 6 of your 10 target accounts exhibit in Bremen. Recommendation: GO. Top 4 to meet: 16:43 You: Draft 4 notes 16:44 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Four 1-to-1 meeting requests are ready in your brief, each citing the exact signal. Nothing goes out until you send them from your mailbox. 17:12 You: Send me a calendar hold for 16 Nov to review replies. 17:12 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Sent a 16 Nov 18:00 calendar hold (.ics) to your inbox.
  3. Engineer, GNC engineer, Orbiteer member (Track B): 19:10 HUGO: HUGO (AI): You marked yourself open to new roles on Orbiteer. This stays strictly confidential between you and the Cosmic Futures team. Set your preferences in 4 taps? 19:11 You: Set preferences 19:12 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Saved: Senior GNC / Flight Software · Hybrid Lisbon, Bremen or Toulouse · Notice period 60 days. 19:14 You: Talk to a recruiter 19:14 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Passed privately to a human recruiter at Cosmic Futures. People handle every career conversation and shortlist, never a machine.
  4. Hiring, CTO, 60-person Earth Observation company: 11:05 You: We need an AIT lead in Coimbra by March, plus a thermal engineer. 11:05 HUGO: HUGO (AI): I have structured this into a hiring request for the Cosmic Futures talent desk. Our recruiters select candidates by hand; I never rank or reject anyone. 11:06 You: Send to Cosmic Futures 11:06 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Sent to the Cosmic Futures team. They will reply with slots for a 15-minute scoping call. 11:07 HUGO: HUGO (AI): Related signal from your weekly brief:

How it works

Fifteen minutes to start. Then every Monday.

  1. 01

    Onboard

    A 15-minute call or form: your goals, target accounts (up to 20), capabilities, regions and no-go list.

  2. 02

    Watch

    HUGO follows ESA STAR, EU TED, Funding & Tenders, UK Find a Tender, space news, events and the Orbiteer network.

  3. 03

    Brief

    3 to 7 ranked moves every Monday by email and web, reviewed by our team during the pilot, plus urgent alerts under 14 days.

  4. 04

    Act

    Approve a bid/no-bid memo, double opt-in intro, 1-to-1 draft, event plan or hiring request in one tap. Seven days later, tell us what came of it.

Meet HUGO. Named after Hugo Nunes.

  1. 01

    There is a real Hugo

    Hugo Nunes co-founded Cosmic Futures, the company behind Orbiteer, Signals and HUGO. For years his work has been knowing who builds what in space, and introducing the right two people.

  2. 02

    He can't be everywhere

    A tender opens, a prime wins a contract, a startup raises. By the time you hear, the window has often closed.

  3. 03

    So we built HUGO

    An AI chief of staff that does Hugo's prep work for every customer. He reads the industry daily, remembers your goals and sends you 3 to 7 moves every Monday.

  4. 04

    Same rules as Hugo

    He says he is an AI in every message, links every source, keeps your plans private and acts only after your yes.

Three products. One company: Cosmic Futures.

What is happening

Signals

A live map of the space industry: news, ESA STAR tenders and space jobs, with every company linked back to its source. HUGO reads it all so you don't have to.

Invite-only for now
Who matters

Orbiteer

A verified network of space professionals, with profiles, connections, mentoring and communities. You choose what you share, and intros only happen when both people say yes.

orbiteer.com ↗

HUGO joins them up.

Signals tells him what changed. Orbiteer tells him who matters. When you need to hire, people on the Cosmic Futures team take over. You get one short brief on Monday, and nothing happens until you say yes.

Works where you already work. Nothing risky on your accounts.

In the pilot, HUGO delivers briefs and memos by email and web, handles approvals on WhatsApp and Telegram, and prepares 1-to-1 drafts you send from your own mailbox. Direct mailbox, calendar and CRM sync arrive in v1.1.

At launch (Pilot MVP)

Live for the first cohort
  • Email & HUGO WebYour Monday brief, 1-page bid/no-bid memos, sources and 1-to-1 outreach drafts
  • WhatsAppUrgent deadline alerts and one-tap approve or decline buttons (labelled AI)
  • TelegramConversational HUGO Q&A and action approvals from anywhere
  • Calendar (.ics)Deadline holds for saved tenders and confirmed mentoring or scoping calls

Coming in v1.1 (Weeks 7-12)

Direct workspace & CRM connectors
  • Gmail APIOne-click send for approved 1-to-1 drafts from your own mailbox
  • Outlook & Microsoft 365One-click send and calendar sync via Microsoft Graph
  • Google MeetSlot proposals and automatic video links after you approve a meeting
  • Cal.comShares your booking slots inside double opt-in intros
  • CalendlySame, for Calendly teams
  • SlackBriefs and one-tap approvals inside your team channel
  • Microsoft TeamsSame, for Teams workspaces
  • HubSpotLogs approved intros, drafts and tender outcomes to your CRM
  • SalesforceSame, for Salesforce pipelines
  • NotionExports briefs, memos and target lists to your workspace
  • Google SheetsExports tender trackers and event shortlists
  • AirtableKeeps your BD and event tracker in sync
  • Google DriveArchives PDF bid/no-bid memos to your shared drive
  • ZoomZoom meeting links for approved calls
  • ZapierWebhook triggers for custom workflows
  • MakeSame, for Make automations

Hiring and LinkedIn policy

People decide, HUGO prepares
  • GreenhouseStructured hiring requests handed off to the human Cosmic Futures team
  • PersonioSame, for Personio teams (humans review every candidate)
  • LinkedIn1-to-1 copy drafts for you to send manually. Never bots or scraping on your account

Product names and logos are trademarks of their owners and are shown to describe pilot and v1.1 compatibility.

Lines we don't cross.

  • Bots on your LinkedInProhibited by LinkedIn, and it gets your account restricted.
  • Bulk cold emailOne-to-one messages only, sent from your own mailbox.
  • Machines ranking candidatesHiring decisions stay with people at Cosmic Futures.
  • Messages you didn't approveIntros, emails and meeting requests wait for your tap.

Space Tech Expo Europe · Bremen

Going to Bremen? Know who to meet before you fly.

Space Tech Expo Europe, Messe Bremen, 17-19 November 2026. Tell us your company and goals. We will send a free brief: which exhibitors matter to you, why, and a draft meeting request for each. Request by 12 Nov.

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Pilot pricing

Priced against one wasted trip.

An IAC pass is over €1,600 and a bad conference trip costs thousands. Companies pay monthly in EUR or USD, and every company plan includes time with Hugo Nunes.

First cohort

10 company places. Then a waitlist.

Each company plan includes calls with Hugo Nunes, and he has one calendar. We open more places when the first cohort is settled.

Incubator

€299/month

ESA BIC and incubator startups

30 min with Hugo Nunes every quarter

  • Weekly brief + human review
  • All pilot actions (memos, drafts, intros)
  • 1 user
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Pilot

€499/month

Space companies with 10-200 people

30 min with Hugo Nunes every month

  • Weekly brief + urgent deadline alerts
  • Memos, double opt-in intros, drafts, event plans
  • 1 event plan a quarter
  • 2 users
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Team

€999/month

BD and hiring together

60 min strategy call with Hugo Nunes every month

  • Everything in Pilot
  • 5 users
  • Priority Cosmic Futures hiring desk
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Professionals (Track B)

€0free

For engineers, researchers and space professionals in the Orbiteer network.

  • Confidential career preferences (employers never see you are looking without your opt-in)
  • Double opt-in peer and mentor introductions through Orbiteer
  • Invites to local Space Workdays and v1.1 career radar alerts

Monthly open Q&A with Hugo Nunes

Join free

Company pilots run 3 months, then month to month. Hiring through Cosmic Futures is a separate success fee.

Questions

Asked before every pilot.

Is HUGO an AI?

Yes, and it says so in every message and call (EU AI Act Art. 50). During the pilot, Hugo Nunes and Serge Radkevics review every brief before it reaches you.

Will it send emails or messages for me?

Never without your approval. Outreach is one-to-one and goes from your own mailbox. Introductions through Orbiteer happen only after both sides explicitly say yes.

Where does the information come from?

Public procurement and grant portals (ESA STAR, EU TED, EU Funding & Tenders, UK Find a Tender), space industry news via signals.space, curated event exhibitor lists and, with members' consent, the Orbiteer professional network. Every item links its source and quotes deadlines verbatim.

What happens to what I tell you?

Your company profile, target accounts and no-go list are logically separated and used only to rank your briefs. They never shape what another customer sees.

Can HUGO help us hire?

Yes. Approve a hiring request and the human Cosmic Futures talent desk takes over. HUGO structures the brief and gathers context, but never ranks or rejects candidates.

Do I get time with the real Hugo?

Yes. Company pilot plans include strategy calls with Hugo Nunes: 30 minutes a quarter on Incubator, 30 minutes a month on Pilot, and 60 minutes a month on Team. Professionals can join his monthly open Q&A.

Is HUGO free for individuals?

Yes. Space professionals get free Orbiteer membership, confidential career preference setup, double opt-in peer/mentor intros and local Space Workday invites. Companies pay for the Pilot, Incubator or Team plans.

Who is behind HUGO?

Cosmic Futures, the company behind HUGO, Signals and Orbiteer, founded by Hugo Nunes and Serge Radkevics. HUGO is named after Hugo, and always identifies himself as an AI.

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