Company:Synthetaic

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Short description: American artificial intelligence company
Synthetaic
Founded2019
FounderCorey Jaskolski
Headquarters
Delafield, WI
,
United States

Synthetaic is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Delafield, Wisconsin.[1]

History

Synthetaic was founded in 2019 by Corey Jasksolski, a National Geographic explorer and fellow. After creating a 3D digitization of a living Sumatran Rhino using a custom imaging system he built, Jaskolski wondered whether synthetic data could be used to train AI.[2][1] While Synthetaic doesn't sell synthetic data, its software uses generative capabilities associated with synthetic data.[3]

In 2021, Synthetaic developed Rapid Automatic Image Categorization, or RAIC, a computer vision software which performs classification and detection on photography, video, and satellite imagery without data labeling.[4]

RAIC is notable for its use of human collaboration with an unsupervised AI model, which allows for iteration upon the algorithm in real-time.[5] RAIC has been described as "ChatGPT for satellite imagery," since it uses transformers to understand imagery in a way somewhat similar to how ChatGPT understands human language.[4]

In May 2023, satellite imaging company Planet Labs announced an official partnership with Synthetaic, through which they would sell RAIC insights for defined areas of interest within Planet data.[6]

Synthetaic announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft in August 2023. Elements of the partnership included selection for Microsoft's Pegasus Program and access to one million hours of GPU cloud computing via Microsoft Azure.[7]

2023 Chinese balloon

On 11 February 2023, Synthetaic used its RAIC product to detect a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon in archival Planet Labs data.[8] RAIC's demonstrated ability to quickly analyze Earth observation imagery at scale was deemed novel and a potential "game-changer" by experts including Arthur Holland Michel and Hamed Alemohammad.[9][10]

Synthetaic's work tracking the balloon formed the basis for a New York Times visual investigation, which credited RAIC for providing the precise coordinates of the balloon at twelve different points during its journey.[10][5]

Balloons over East Asia

Later that year, BBC news magazine program Panorama reported additional Chinese surveillance balloons detected over Japan and Taiwan. Security correspondent Gordon Corera cited Synthetaic's RAIC as a tool in their investigation and interviewed Jaskolski.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wiggers, Kyle (15 March 2022). "Synthetaic secures venture funding to expand its synthetic data platform". VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/ai/synthetaic-secures-venture-funding-to-expand-its-synthetic-data-platform/. 
  2. ↑ Jaskolski, Corey. "How the Sumatran Rhino Taught Me to Rethink AI". https://towardsdatascience.com/how-the-sumatran-rhino-taught-me-to-rethink-ai-4943b83fca3f. 
  3. ↑ Quach, Katyanna. "Fake it until you make it: Can synthetic data help train your AI model?". https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/18/fake_ai_data/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tucker, Patrick. "A ‘ChatGPT’ For Satellite Photos Already Exists". https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/04/chatgpt-satellite-photos-already-exists/385305/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ocampo, Josh. "A Bird's Eye View of the Chinese Balloon". https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/insider/tracking-chinese-balloon.html. 
  6. ↑ Zaroda, Megan. "Planet Announces AI Partnerships at GEOINT 2023". Planet Labs. https://investors.planet.com/news/news-details/2023/planet-announces-ai-partnerships-at-geoint-2023/default.aspx?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=igov&utm_content=investors-geoint-ai. 
  7. ↑ Smart, Ashley. "Delafield-based AI startup Synthetaic announces strategic partnership with Microsoft". https://biztimes.com/delafield-based-ai-startup-synthetaic-announces-strategic-partnership-with-microsoft/. 
  8. ↑ Erwin, Sandra. "AI startup using satellite imagery to trace the path of Chinese balloon". https://spacenews.com/ai-startup-using-satellite-imagery-to-trace-the-path-of-chinese-balloon/. 
  9. ↑ Stokel-Walker, Chris (25 February 2023). "How One Guy’s AI Tracked the Chinese Spy Balloon Across the US". Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/how-one-guys-ai-tracked-the-chinese-spy-balloon-across-the-us/. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Xiao, Muyi; Jhaveri, Ishaan; Lutz, Eleanor; Koettl, Christopher; Barnes, Julian (20 March 2023). "Tracking the Chinese Balloon from Space". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/20/science/chinese-space-balloon-incident.html. 
  11. ↑ Corera, Gordon (26 June 2023). "New images show Chinese spy balloons over Asia". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-65972168. 



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