#53: Simplifying Geospatial Data Access & Processing - Sean Wiid, UP42

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In this episode, I am speaking with Sean Wiid, CEO of UP42, an Earth observation company providing simplified access to geospatial data and processing.

UP42 has had quite an interesting journey over the years. I would put in the category of platforms in the rapidly growing EO market, providing access to multiple sources of geospatial data from different providers, along with other sources of complementary data and analytics - essentially making data easy to find, access and use to develop commercial applications.

Platforms are a segment of the EO industry that usually doesn't get as much attention as the satellite companies, but I think they have an important role to play in the adoption of satellite data across industries.

In this episode, Sean and I discuss UP42, their core capabilities and roadmap, their interesting pricing strategy, analysis-ready data, the state of EO, the future of EO platforms and more.

UP42's website: https://up42.com/

[Thanks to UP42 for sponsoring this episode]

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[ 01:15 ] Intro - Sean's story

[ 02:40 ] UP42 - Overview

[ 08:03 ] Pricing strategy

[ 15:25 ] What is UP42 is bringing to the EO market?

[ 20:40 ] Scalability in EO

[ 24:44 ] Core markets and use cases

[ 30:27 ] Analysis-ready data and what it means for UP42

[ 35:58 ] Towards a future of on-premise platforms and roadmap

[ 45:33 ] State of EO and whether we need more EO data companies

[ 51:07 ] What don't we talk about enough in EO and some hot takes

[ 59:15 ] Outlook for UP42 and the future of EO platforms

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