# SkyFi

> SkyFi is an Austin, Texas-based Earth intelligence company that runs a self-service marketplace for satellite imagery and analytics. Through a single web platform, mobile app and API, customers can search archives, task satellites and buy optical, SAR, hyperspectral and aerial imagery from more than 50 commercial providers - then run built-in AI analytics on it. Founded in 2021 by Luke Fischer and Bill Perkins, SkyFi aims to make geospatial data as easy to order as a rideshare, serving defense, government, finance, energy, agriculture, insurance and infrastructure customers worldwide.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Luke Fischer (Co-Founder & CEO), Bill Perkins (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~91 employees
- **Products:** SkyFi Web Platform, SkyFi Mobile App (iOS & Android), SkyFi API, SkyFi Plugin for ATAK, AI Geospatial Analytics
- **Notable:** Raised an oversubscribed $12.7M Series A in January 2026 (originally targeted $8M)., Over $30M raised in total funding since founding., Aggregated 50+ commercial imagery providers across optical, SAR, hyperspectral and aerial data.

## Products & services

- **SkyFi Web Platform** — Self-service Earth intelligence platform to search archives, task satellites, purchase imagery and run built-in geospatial analytics from 50+ providers through one interface.
- **SkyFi Mobile App (iOS & Android)** — Order satellite imagery and monitor areas of interest from a phone, with no GIS expertise required.
- **SkyFi API** — Developer API for integrating satellite tasking, archive access and analytics into large-scale customer workflows.
- **SkyFi Plugin for ATAK** — Built with GoTAK, brings taskable commercial satellite imagery into the Android Team Awareness Kit for field teams; v2 adds offline satellite access.
- **AI Geospatial Analytics** — Built-in analytics such as object detection, change detection, vessel tracking and hyperspectral signature analysis that turn raw imagery into answers.
- **Custom Partner Platforms** — White-label / custom-built ordering platforms delivered for satellite operators including Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence), ICEYE US and Planet.

## Achievements

- Raised an oversubscribed $12.7M Series A in January 2026 (originally targeted $8M).
- Over $30M raised in total funding since founding.
- Aggregated 50+ commercial imagery providers across optical, SAR, hyperspectral and aerial data.
- Selected for NATO's DIANA 2026 Defence Innovation Accelerator.
- SOCOM testing of its satellite-imagery-to-tablet ATAK prototype.
- Built custom platforms for major operators including Vantor, ICEYE US and Planet.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — SOCOM to test SkyFi's satellite-imagery-to-tablet prototype for special operations forces.
- **2026-01** — Closed an oversubscribed $12.7M Series A co-led by Buoyant Ventures and IronGate Capital Advisors.
- **2026-01** — Selected for NATO DIANA 2026 Defence Innovation Accelerator program.
- **2025** — Released SkyFi Plugin for ATAK v2 with offline satellite access for field teams.

## Links

- Website: https://skyfi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skyfi-imaging
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SkyfiApp
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A1jhNyg6k8uwzpWKvRU2g
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skyfi.app

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Last updated: 2026-07-18