Constine has personal relationships stemming from college housing with founders at
Skybox Imaging (now Terra Bella), Hustle, Snapchat, and Robinhood.
Whereas most of the nine spectral bands of imagery captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Landsat 8, launched in 2013, for example, are delivered at 30 - meter resolution, other commercial providers of remote - sensing images, such as
Skybox Imaging and BlackBridge (formerly RapidEye), have the capability to deliver much higher resolutions — as fine as one meter per pixel.
Meanwhile,
Skybox Imaging, a satellite company created by former students of Twiggs, was recently bought by Google for $ 500 million.
These companies are joined by
Skybox Imaging — which was acquired by Google for $ 500 million last year — Planet Labs, and DigitalGlobe.
In 2009, she co-founded
Skybox Imaging, a data and aerospace startup that designed, built, and launched the world's largest constellation of high resolution imaging satellites.
Last year's third place finisher, satellite imaging company
Skybox Imaging, reached an agreement with the search giant last August to be acquired for a whopping $ 500 million.
Skybox Imaging, based in Mountain View, Calif., makes satellites similar to those of Planet Labs, though they are significantly larger.
Not exact matches
Stanford grads weren't far behind, with 32 startups on the list — including video streaming company Viki, satellite
imaging company
Skybox, mobile startup Karma Science, student loan refinancing company SoFi, and genetic testing startup Counsyl.
Just two days after its announcement that Google plans to acquire satellite
imaging company
Skybox, Google is at it again.