Housekeeping: This is the first episode after the break, after officially launching my business TerraWatch Space. As I mentioned in the blog post, I am going to be changing the format of the podcast a little.
The "Startup of the Month" is where I will have an interesting startup in Earth observation on the podcast to give them a platform for highlighting what they are building. Today's episode with Blue Sky Analytics is the first of that series.
If you like your startup to be on the podcast or want to nominate one, stay tuned for an announcement on social media. I would like to give the chance for any EO startup to be on my podcast. Thanks for the support!
Now, onto today's episode.
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The startup I want to highlight this month is Blue Sky Analytics, an Indian startup building climate intelligence solution using satellite data, for insurance and banking firms. I am speaking with Abhilasha Purwar and Kshitij Purwar, the co-founders of Blue Sky, who also happen to be siblings. I wanted to have Blue Sky because I think they have an interesting outlook in EO but more importantly, centered on impact.
In this episode, we discuss what Blue Sky Analytics is building, their API-first approach, their data agnostic strategy, the business model and whether EO companies are SaaS companies, the benefits of building the company in India and more.
https://blueskyhq.io/
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01:35: Intros
05:01: About Blue Sky Analytics and their vision to be the Bloomberg for environmental data
14:08: An API-first strategy for democratising satellite data for climate
19:07: Blue Sky's satellite data strategy and the importance of being customer-obsessed, problem-driven and data-agnostic
37:06: Blue Sky's business model and whether EO are SaaS companies
49:41 Building an EO company in India - the challenge vs the opportunity
55:23: Blue Sky's roadmap and outlook
01:06:04: Wrap-up: Descartes Labs and potentially having Mark Johnson on the podcast
