Astraea
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Astraea was a Charlottesville, Virginia geospatial analytics company founded in 2016 (formerly Solar Observation Services) as a for-profit benefit corporation. It applied data science and artificial intelligence to Earth-observation satellite imagery: its cloud platform, including the EarthAI Notebook, helped climate, sustainability, defense and humanitarian users extract actionable insights from geospatial data, with clients including the US Department of Defense. It raised over $13 million, including a $6.5 million Series A in 2022, and was acquired in February 2024 by Nuview, a Florida company building a lidar satellite imaging constellation.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Astraea is founded in Charlottesville, Virginia (formerly Solar Observation Services) to apply AI to Earth-observation satellite data.
- Product launch
Astraea launches EarthAI Notebook, an integrated platform for global-scale geospatial analytics.
- Peak funding round
Astraea raises a $6.5 million Series A, bringing total disclosed funding past $13 million.
- Acquisition
In February 2024, Nuview — a Florida company developing a lidar satellite constellation — acquires Astraea to combine its geospatial AI analytics with Nuview's satellite program.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
- 01
2016: founded in Charlottesville; AI for satellite imagery
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2019: EarthAI Notebook launched; DoD among clients
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2022: $6.5M Series A; $13M+ total raised
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February 2024: acquired by Nuview