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Space Capital Is Betting the Next Great Software Platform Is 12,000 Miles Up
The New York venture firm treats rockets as plumbing and satellite data as raw material. Its real wager is that GPS, geospatial intelligence and satellite communications will become the quiet infrastructure beneath everyday business.
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.
Onlife
Onlife is a spatial-AI company that turns where people go into what they might do next. It began as the parent company behind Aglet, a location-based 'sneakerverse' game that had players walking real streets to collect virtual sneakers, then used the resulting movement data to build a Spatial Behavioral Engine and a consumer 'Smart Map' that fuses calendars, to-do lists and location into a self-organizing daily planner. Founded by former adidas trends director Ryan David Mullins, Onlife straddles the line between a playful consumer app and a serious geospatial-intelligence platform.
Reveal Technology
Reveal Technology is a veteran-founded defense software company in Bozeman, Montana, building AI tools that work at the tactical edge - offline, under fire, and in real time. Its flagship products, Farsight (rapid geospatial intelligence from drone video) and Identifi (tactical mobile biometrics), are fielded with the U.S. Army, Special Operations Command, the Marine Corps, and allied forces. The company's pitch is simple: when the cloud disappears, the mission can't.