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00:35:00 · Molly O'Shea, S0
[00:35:00] S1: to Let's ask go to Area 51. [00:35:05] S0: Let's go to Area 51. Anything in particular you want to know about it? [00:35:10] S1: Let's see the changes over the last five years. [00:35:12] S0: Show us the changes there over the last five years. So it's gonna zoom in there on Area 51. And now it's gonna start to compare '21 to 2026 as you asked. This is a compare. Obviously, it's waiting for the data to load here, showing some changes over time. If we zoom in... Oh, we can actually zoom in on that image. We can try and see changes. We can't zoom in like that, but I see. But basically this is a structural level. Something changed in that. I don't know what that look, there's a black. [00:35:51] S1: Oh my gosh. [00:35:53] S0: I actually don't know what that is. You would see plane movements and stuff. You see there were two planes on there and they're gone. This is a particular zoom level. You can get a sense of what it can do. It's still early phase, but our point is to open up geospatial data to not just the satellite imagery experts. It used to be the case that NASA could get value out of this, the NRO could get value out of this, but a farmer, that journalist, that whatever you can't get value. Now anyone can go and play with this because all they need to do is be able to speak. And by way, you can speak in any language into it. Mean, just LLM takes you in anything. And so, I mean, that's the power of AI and satellite data put together. [00:36:33] S1: Amazing. So you build this internally. Did you have to bring in a separate team? How did
00:36:33 · Molly O'Shea, S0, Molly O'Shea
[00:36:33] S1: Amazing. So you build this internally. Did you have to bring in a separate team? How did [00:36:39] S0: No, just bring have in a couple of engineers and an AI team specialized in doing this. Amazing. Cool. [00:36:46] S1: All right. Anything else we should see while we're up here? [00:36:50] S0: Great. All right. Well And here's some of the AI engineers. [00:36:54] S1: Oh, we have an AI engineer with us right now. [00:36:57] S0: In the house. [00:36:58] S1: Was that demo sufficient? [00:37:01] S0: I don't know why I wasn't doing the search tool. That's what you're trying to get to do, right? Yeah, yeah. But it doesn't do a perfect job, but it's getting better and better. [00:37:14] S1: And can anybody access that? How do [00:37:16] S0: get access? It's on a beta launch right now, so anyone can access it, but it's just a testing version. But soon, we hope to launch it. Exciting. Cool. Alright. Well, we're gonna go to [00:37:28] S2: the sit down interview now. [00:37:29] S0: Let's do it. There's another floor. This is [00:37:32] S1: the first time anybody has seen this floor. [00:37:35] S0: It's true. You're the first one to come in. Yeah. Alright. So actually, I can show you just a couple of things before we sit down. But these... This is the so called Dove Nest. Oh. So this is where we've built all the doves, and they're sitting in their nest waiting for the launch. So you can see their two by two in there. [00:37:57] S1: Quite the difference from the garage you started in.
00:37:57 · Molly O'Shea, S0, Molly O'Shea
[00:37:57] S1: Quite the difference from the garage you started in. [00:38:01] S0: Yeah. It's a little bit more substantive. That's true. Oh, and there's one more fun thing. Thank you. You can put it back. One more fun thing for you to see. So here, you have to go in there, both of you. [00:38:14] S1: Do you wanna go first? [00:38:19] S0: Is this [00:38:19] S1: where you scream? [00:38:20] S0: Yeah, exactly. I'm gonna shut the door and then you can just talk a little bit. [00:38:24] S1: Okay. [00:38:25] S2: So we are here at Planet Labs in San Francisco and now we are trapped inside. [00:38:32] S0: Captured? Yeah. It's cool, right? [00:38:34] S1: It's really cool. [00:38:35] S0: So this is where we test the radios to go to space. [00:38:40] S1: Faraday cage or is it a soundproof? [00:38:42] S0: No, it's an RF chamber such that all the radio frequencies get absorbed by this. Okay. So that we can put our satellite here, point it there, and then, basically reduce the power such that we can check that the right power is getting to the, antenna without reflective rays spoiling our ability to tell whether or not it's actually emitting at the right power. Just... So, basically, it's a way of testing the the radios are gonna work in space. Yeah. One final cool thing for you to see. Sorry. Am I getting in your way? Off you [00:39:22] S1: go. No. Yes. [00:39:24] S0: We were just sending it out for you. It's your paper. Alright. Let's go.
00:39:24 · S0, Molly O'Shea
[00:39:24] S0: We were just sending it out for you. It's your paper. Alright. Let's go. [00:39:29] S2: Hey. It's Molly. If you enjoy our interviews, check out our newsletter, sorcery.vc, where we deliver a once a week top deals and tech headlines email, and also go deeper on our podcast interviews. Subscribe to Sourcery today, and don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen. Link in description to sign up.