{"id":507838,"date":"2024-10-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/?p=507838"},"modified":"2024-10-30T12:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:27:06","slug":"earth-observation-startup-emerges-from-stealth-with-12-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/earth-observation-startup-emerges-from-stealth-with-12-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth-observation startup emerges from stealth with $12 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Los Angeles startup <a href=\"https:\/\/matter.com\/\">Matter Intelligence<\/a> has emerged from stealth with $12 million to develop a unique Earth-observation sensor suite. The suite, which combines a high-resolution camera with a thermal sensor and a spectrometer, is designed for satellites, drones and aircraft.<\/p><p>\u201cWe&#8217;re putting all three things together because everyone wants to do data fusion,\u201d Vishnu Sridhar, Matter co-founder and CEO, told <em>SpaceNews. <\/em>\u201cWe&#8217;re doing data fusion at the sensor level.\u201d<\/p><p>By combining the data, Matter intends to feed AI models to create maps \u201cthat can discern between all the materials on the surface and in the atmosphere,\u201d Sridhar said. Matter maps will show, for example, whether a roof is made of aluminum or tile, identify invasive vegetation and reveal \u201cemissions coming out of every single pipeline,\u201d Sridhar said. <\/p><p>With data acquired by the sensor suite, Matter also plans to offer digital elevation models.<\/p><p>Lowercarbon Capital led Matter\u2019s seed round. Toyota Ventures, Pear VC, Mark Cuban and E2MC participated.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building a Brand<\/h4><p>With funding from the seed round, Matter seeks to build and demonstrate its sensor suite, expand the company and brand, and extend customer engagement. \u201cWe&#8217;re already working with several commercial customers to engage in more advanced use cases,&#8221; Sridhar said.<\/p><p>Matter is not yet revealing the resolution of its sensors, except to say they will offer sub-meter precision. Nor is the startup ready to say when it plans to launch its first satellite, Earth-1.<\/p><p>Sridhar, former instrument engineer for the Mars Perseverance Rover\u2019s SuperCam, co-founded Matter Intelligence in early 2023 with former Millennium Space engineer Thomas Chrien and former Caltech scientist Nathan Stein.<\/p><p>\u201cMatter is building the most sophisticated hyperspectral sensors to ever study our planet, allowing us to uncover critical resources we can\u2019t see and measure climate-driven costs in real time,\u201d Shawn Xu, Lowercarbon Capital partner, said in a statement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Los Angeles startup Matter Intelligence has emerged from stealth with $12 million to develop a unique Earth-observation sensor suite. 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