Space Business Podcast #119 - Luke Fischer, SkyFi: EO data

We are back talking about Earth observation. Specifically about how to make accessing and using EO data user-friendly. Our guest this week is Luke Fischer, co-founder & CEO of Sky-Fi, an Austin-based startup that is essentially an EO market place and app store. Luke tells us all about SkyFi and his view on the state of EO in general. Enjoy!

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro
2:35 Elevator pitch
3:40 EO data use now
8:08 SkyFi's product
11:42 A vision for space imagery
14:30 Business development
17:50 Business model & use cases
20:20 Customer service
21:30 Market education
23:20 Government impact
25:30 Trends, future tech & market gaps
28:10 Regulatory restrictions 
31:50 Consolidation potential impact
37:20 User friendliness
39:40 Interesting customer behavior & use cases
43:40 Next milestones for SkyFi
46:10 Ten-year vision
49:15 SkyFi is hiring
50:15 What else is interesting in the space sector?
51:25 Sci-Fi