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Luke Fischer
Luke Fischer is the co-founder and CEO of SkyFi, an Austin-based Earth intelligence platform that lets businesses and governments order satellite imagery and analytics on demand, the way you'd hail an Uber. A former U.S. Army Special Operations aviator with 16 years on active duty, Fischer went on to lead flight operations at Uber and government operations at Joby Aviation before becoming an entrepreneur-in-residence at Shield Capital. He teamed up with investor Bill Perkins, who was frustrated that buying satellite imagery could take three to six months, and together they built a marketplace connecting more than 50 imagery providers. In January 2026 SkyFi raised an oversubscribed $12.7 million Series A to push deeper into AI-driven analytics.
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.