Andrew Peterson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Array Labs, with a simple mission: Mapping the whole world in 3D, at 20cm in near real time. We peel the layers as to what it takes to get there: the engineering that’s required, how to build a constellation to do that, how you fund such a project
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Timestamps
(00:00) – Intro
(01:08) – Sponsor: OpenCage
(02:34) – “Being a Recovering Engineer”
(03:15) – Mapping the world in 3D
(09:59) – “Near Real Time”
(15:46) – Applications will only use what’s available, by definition
(18:15) – Why use radar for 3D images?
(22:23) – The coolest Space Shuttle mission, period
(27:19) – Tradeoff between resolution & coverage
(36:26) – Building cheap radar satellites
(39:46) – Array Labs’s image resolution
(45:10) – A GPU Analogy
(50:34) – A story of image processing & computers
(56:07) – Array Labs today
(57:57) – Let’s talk $$$
(01:06:38) – Low barrier to entry: Comparing XRay & MRI
(01:12:09) – Why stop at 10 satellites?
(01:15:50) – Focus
(01:19:53) – Max & Andrew’s 1st chat during covid
(01:23:22) – Subscription model for satellite images?
(01:32:50) – Convincing the rest of the world your idea is worth something
(01:43:58) – Engineer to Founder
(01:47:30) – Book & Podcast recommendation
(01:51:06) – Array Labs’s next 4 years?
(01:53:45) – Support the podcast on Patreon
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