Learn how new space innovation is changing the national security landscape. Find out how the industry’s changes in the last five years, such as lower cost infrastructure, multi-constellations and more capable satellites, have opened up the market to a new breed of start-ups. Also, discover how In-Q-Tel (IQT), a venture capital and technology accelerator group, was able to build a cohesive investment strategy that ranges from access to launch vehicles, all the way to the top at the application level.

Listen to Ryan Lewis, Senior Vice President and Lab Director at IQT, discuss how AI and open source applied research are transforming the market today. Ryan works to help the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) understand and leverage emerging commercial space capabilities against mission problems. He also co-founded and leads CosmiQ Works, an applied research lab within IQT developing machine learning algorithms, open source tools and curated remote sensing data sets for geospatial applications such as foundational mapping.