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Wherobots and the end of the 39-day wait
A population-data job once occupied GeoPostcodes for 39 days. Wherobots helped bring it below one - a useful introduction to a company teaching cloud infrastructure how geography works.
Gramener makes data earn its keep
A spreadsheet can describe a problem beautifully and still leave it untouched. Gramener builds the slides, maps and AI applications that carry an insight into someone’s working day.
DigitalGlobe lost two satellites. Then it sold the world a closer look.
Before it became part of Maxar, DigitalGlobe turned orbital photography into a business worth billions. Its legacy, now carried forward by Vantor, shows why the real product was never just a picture.
Nearmap’s billion-dollar view of your roof
The Australian company turned repeat aerial photography into a subscription business. Now it is following the insurance claim from the first overhead picture to the price of replacement materials.
NM Group Sees the Power Grid the Way a Laser Does
Its aircraft collect billions of precise measurements. Its engineers turn them into a practical answer for utilities: which tree, wire or tower needs attention first?
The $1,100 Map Shop That Became the Operating System for Where
Esri began as a tiny land-use consultancy. Fifty-seven years later, its software helps cities find buried valves, retailers choose corners, and emergency teams see trouble before it spreads - while a difficult desktop transition tests the loyalty of the mapmakers who built their careers on it.
Quant Data & Analytics
Quant Data & Analytics is a Riyadh-based data science, AI and business-intelligence company that turns raw data into decisions for Saudi businesses and government. Founded in 2015, it pairs consulting with proprietary SaaS products - Suhail for real estate and location intelligence and Fruits360 for food-and-beverage analytics - and has analyzed more than a trillion data records across real estate and restaurant sectors. With around 160 employees and Series A backing, Quant positions itself as an engine for the data-driven decisions behind Saudi Vision 2030.
Near Space Labs
Near Space Labs is a Brooklyn-based earth-imaging company that flies small autonomous robots called Swift into the stratosphere on helium balloons to capture 7-centimeter-resolution imagery of the ground below. Founded in 2017, it delivers frequent, analysis-ready aerial data to property and casualty insurers, governments, utilities and environmental groups at a fraction of the cost of traditional planes or satellites, positioning balloon-borne imaging as a scalable, low-emission alternative for monitoring cities, infrastructure and disasters.
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.
Insurity
Insurity is a Hartford, Connecticut-based provider of cloud-based software and analytics for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry. Its multi-tenant SaaS platform unifies policy administration, billing, claims, underwriting, and data analytics, and increasingly embeds AI into core insurance operations. Founded in 1985, the company serves carriers, brokers, and managing general agents - including a large share of the top U.S. P&C carriers - and is majority owned by private equity firm GI Partners.
SpaceKnow Inc.
SpaceKnow is a geospatial intelligence company that turns satellite imagery into near-real-time answers about the physical world. Its AI-powered platform, SpaceKnow Guardian, fuses optical and radar data from many satellite providers and applies proprietary machine-learning algorithms to detect objects, track change, and generate economic indices for defense, finance, construction, and environmental customers. Founded in 2013 by Pavel Machalek and Jerry Javornicky, the company is best known for economic nowcasting products like its China Satellite Manufacturing Index, which has appeared on Bloomberg Terminals.
Hayden AI
Hayden AI is a San Francisco-based vision-AI company that turns city buses into rolling sensors. Its behind-the-windshield cameras and edge-AI perception stack detect bus-lane and bus-stop violations in real time, then send verified evidence to enforcement agencies - powering programs in New York, DC, Los Angeles, and beyond.