S2E3: From Big Tech to Space Tech: A Vision for Planet & Earth Observation with Kevin Weil

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. 

Sit back and enjoy!

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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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