In this episode, I am speaking with Kevin Weil, President of Product and Business at Planet. I am guessing most of you know Planet - the poster child of the NewSpace industry and the Earth observation sector. For those of you that don't, Planet has the largest constellation of EO satellites that image the Earth every day. And, Planet is also just about to go public following a SPAC deal with dMY Technology Group, earlier this year.
And as for Kevin Weil - I am going to let you listen to his story in his own words. Kevin joined Planet about 6 months ago. With past leadership roles in Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, his CV speaks for itself. I really enjoyed this discussion with Kevin on Planet and his vision for the Earth observation sector.
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01:20: Kevin's story
07:35: Foray into space tech
13:30: About the space industry
16:22: Outlook on Earth observation
22:49: Planet - The Present & The Future
26:17: Evangelising EO and Simplifying EO
28:40: A B2C app based on EO data?
32:30: Data fusion and verticalisation
34:58: Horizontal EO vs Vertical EO
38:16: Vision for Planet
41:35: What worries Kevin about the industry
44:28: 1-thing to learn from Big-Tech to Earth observation
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