Birkenstock: Space tech is mature, but space business models remain nascent
Dan Birkenstock · a16z Podcast | Space -- the Near Frontier · Jan 2, 2019 · at 7:49
Dan Birkenstock, co-founder of Skybox Imaging, highlights the gap between space hardware reliability and customer adoption in enterprise workflows.
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“Today is at a point where the technologies are becoming mature, but the businesses are still quite nascent.”
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