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129. Building Defense Tech, Commercial First with Luke Fischer, Co-Founder & CEO of SkyFi

Buying satellite imagery used to take a year of contract negotiations, and the images still arrived as PDFs. SkyFi launched in 2023 to simplify the process and had users in 180 countries within two weeks.

Luke Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO, SkyFi

09.29.2026 / 2 months ago

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Buying satellite imagery used to take a year of contract negotiations, and the images still arrived as PDFs. SkyFi launched in 2023 to simplify the process and had users in 180 countries within two weeks.

By the time government customers came calling, the product was already battle-tested by commercial users, ready for a market that rarely gives second chances.

This week, Luke Fischer, a 20-year Army veteran, former special ops aviator, and now SkyFi co-founder and CEO, joins Sam Gray to share what he’s learned building a dual-use company commercial-first.

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