SkyFi believes that satellite imagery should be easily accessible and affordable for anyone to access. Today, the Austin, TX startup took a major step toward democratizing that data with the public launch of its mobile and web apps. The story so far: SkyFi built an entirely new app and interface for individuals to task satellites and buy archival images. SkyFi’s app, it says, is the first consumer-focused satellite imagery purchasing platform. “No one likes to talk to a salesperson, exchange emails, get a custom quote, and wait for them to approve your use case or imagery,” Luke Fischer, CEO of SkyFi, told Payload. “That’s not democratizing access, that’s bottlenecking access. For us, we want to make it as painless as possible.” The company has raised $10M so far to develop its app, and it launched a beta version in September.
