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Successful Launch of First Satellite Marks Critical Milestone in Deployment of Next Generation Earth Observation and Broad Area Change Detection System
VANCOUVER, BC, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthDaily Analytics (EarthDaily) today announced the successful launch and initial contact with the first satellite of its EarthDaily Constellation, marking a major milestone in the deployment of its next generation Earth Observation system. Telemetry has been received, solar arrays have successfully deployed, and the satellite has transitioned to a safe attitude and is power positive.
This achievement begins the rollout of the world's most advanced end-to-end Earth Observation system, delivering scientifically calibrated, daily global imagery paired with advanced AI and analytics. The system is designed to unlock broad area change detection, enabling smarter decision making, and transforming how industries and governments monitor our planet.
This inaugural satellite is the first in a ten-satellite constellation. The remaining satellites are in the final stages of assembly and testing, with the full constellation expected to be operational next year, positioning EarthDaily for revenue generation across high-growth sectors.
"This is not just the start of a constellation, it's the beginning of a new era in Earth Observation, and a clear signal of our market readiness," said Don Osborne, CEO of EarthDaily. "We are not just seeing the world as it is today; we will be predicting what it will be tomorrow. We've invested years in building this vision: a system capable of capturing the planet's changes with unmatched accuracy, every single day. This launch validates our technology and accelerates our path to becoming the leading provider of daily, AI-ready Earth intelligence."
"The successful launch of EarthDaily's first satellite marks an important milestone in the company's business plan," said Chandra Patel, Managing Partner of Antarctica Capital. "Antarctica Capital has been a proud supporter of the company and its mission to be a vertically integrated industry leader focused on leveraging its AI-ready data, software, and data analytics to provide high-quality insights of critical value to high-impact industries. We believe the EarthDaily Constellation will catalyze a new chapter in Earth Observation and we are excited to see EarthDaily Analytics leverage the creation of this proprietary database of content that is unmatched in the industry."
The EarthDaily Advantage: Superior Technology for Unmatched Insights
The EarthDaily Constellation is designed to deliver consistent, high-quality, daily global coverage across more than 20 spectral bands. This proprietary data, optimized for AI and advanced analytics, powers precise change detection and actionable insights across high-impact industries including:
- Agriculture: Optimizing crop yields, managing resources, and improving agricultural risk assessment.
- Energy & Mining: Monitoring infrastructure, supporting resource exploration, and mitigating environmental impact.
- Spacial Finance: Improving risk modeling, underwriting, and market intelligence.
- Environmental Monitoring & Climate Resilience: Supporting sustainability initiatives, carbon tracking, and disaster response.
- Government & Defense: Enabling national security, infrastructure planning, and emergency management.
Unlike existing offerings, EarthDaily's system delivers the capabilities of Sentinel-2 with higher resolution and daily revisit. Each satellite in the constellation is equipped with 16 advanced multi-sensor imagers, calibrated for precision Earth Observation to support global change detection at scale.
Key features include:
- Daily Global Revisit: Reliable, consistent Earth coverage designed for industries requiring timely, accurate insights.
- High-Quality Data: Scientifically calibrated, multi-spectral imagery optimized for AI and machine learning applications.
Osborne adds, "This is more than a launch. The EarthDaily Constellation is laying the foundation for the future of geospatial analytics and risk mitigation. By delivering consistent, AI-ready data daily, it enables customers to move beyond traditional Earth Observation and fully harness the power of data-driven intelligence. None of this would have been possible without the unwavering support of Antarctica Capital, who consistently shared in the vision of our relentless pursuit of what's possible."
About EarthDaily:
EarthDaily Analytics is a global leader in Earth Observation, providing data and insights that empower industries and governments to make informed decisions for a more resilient future. With the launch of its groundbreaking EarthDaily Constellation, the company is revolutionizing how we monitor, understand, and interact with our planet.
Contact:
For More Information
Visit: www.earthdaily.com/constellation
Contact: Tanya Cross VP of Global Marketing and Communications
tanya.cross@earthdaily.com
Successful Launch of First Satellite Marks Critical Milestone in Deployment of Next Generation Earth Observation and Broad Area Change Detection System
VANCOUVER, BC, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthDaily Analytics (EarthDaily) today announced the successful launch and initial contact with the first satellite of its EarthDaily Constellation, marking a major milestone in the deployment of its next generation Earth Observation system. Telemetry has been received, solar arrays have successfully deployed, and the satellite has transitioned to a safe attitude and is power positive.
This achievement begins the rollout of the world's most advanced end-to-end Earth Observation system, delivering scientifically calibrated, daily global imagery paired with advanced AI and analytics. The system is designed to unlock broad area change detection, enabling smarter decision making, and transforming how industries and governments monitor our planet.
This inaugural satellite is the first in a ten-satellite constellation. The remaining satellites are in the final stages of assembly and testing, with the full constellation expected to be operational next year, positioning EarthDaily for revenue generation across high-growth sectors.
"This is not just the start of a constellation, it's the beginning of a new era in Earth Observation, and a clear signal of our market readiness," said Don Osborne, CEO of EarthDaily. "We are not just seeing the world as it is today; we will be predicting what it will be tomorrow. We've invested years in building this vision: a system capable of capturing the planet's changes with unmatched accuracy, every single day. This launch validates our technology and accelerates our path to becoming the leading provider of daily, AI-ready Earth intelligence."
"The successful launch of EarthDaily's first satellite marks an important milestone in the company's business plan," said Chandra Patel, Managing Partner of Antarctica Capital. "Antarctica Capital has been a proud supporter of the company and its mission to be a vertically integrated industry leader focused on leveraging its AI-ready data, software, and data analytics to provide high-quality insights of critical value to high-impact industries. We believe the EarthDaily Constellation will catalyze a new chapter in Earth Observation and we are excited to see EarthDaily Analytics leverage the creation of this proprietary database of content that is unmatched in the industry."
The EarthDaily Advantage: Superior Technology for Unmatched Insights
The EarthDaily Constellation is designed to deliver consistent, high-quality, daily global coverage across more than 20 spectral bands. This proprietary data, optimized for AI and advanced analytics, powers precise change detection and actionable insights across high-impact industries including:
- Agriculture: Optimizing crop yields, managing resources, and improving agricultural risk assessment.
- Energy & Mining: Monitoring infrastructure, supporting resource exploration, and mitigating environmental impact.
- Spacial Finance: Improving risk modeling, underwriting, and market intelligence.
- Environmental Monitoring & Climate Resilience: Supporting sustainability initiatives, carbon tracking, and disaster response.
- Government & Defense: Enabling national security, infrastructure planning, and emergency management.
Unlike existing offerings, EarthDaily's system delivers the capabilities of Sentinel-2 with higher resolution and daily revisit. Each satellite in the constellation is equipped with 16 advanced multi-sensor imagers, calibrated for precision Earth Observation to support global change detection at scale.
Key features include:
- Daily Global Revisit: Reliable, consistent Earth coverage designed for industries requiring timely, accurate insights.
- High-Quality Data: Scientifically calibrated, multi-spectral imagery optimized for AI and machine learning applications.
Osborne adds, "This is more than a launch. The EarthDaily Constellation is laying the foundation for the future of geospatial analytics and risk mitigation. By delivering consistent, AI-ready data daily, it enables customers to move beyond traditional Earth Observation and fully harness the power of data-driven intelligence. None of this would have been possible without the unwavering support of Antarctica Capital, who consistently shared in the vision of our relentless pursuit of what's possible."
About EarthDaily:
EarthDaily Analytics is a global leader in Earth Observation, providing data and insights that empower industries and governments to make informed decisions for a more resilient future. With the launch of its groundbreaking EarthDaily Constellation, the company is revolutionizing how we monitor, understand, and interact with our planet.
Contact:
For More Information
Visit: www.earthdaily.com/constellation
Contact: Tanya Cross VP of Global Marketing and Communications
tanya.cross@earthdaily.com
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EarthDaily Ignites a New Era in Earth Observation with Landmark Satellite Launch
- Rising AI adoption drives growing security risks, making AI security essential infrastructure
- End-to-end AI security solutions spanning attack, validation, and control, backed by frontier research and publications
- NAVER D2SF discovered the team through its campus startup competition and invested following incubation, with collaboration opportunities around safe AI expanding
SEONGNAM, South Korea, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NAVER D2SF, NAVER's in-house corporate venture arm, has made a new investment in AIM Intelligence (CEO, Sangyoon Yu), an AI security startup. AIM Intelligence develops AI security technologies that help enterprises adopt AI safely as AI deployment rapidly expands. NAVER D2SF made the investment based on the view that AI security is becoming critical infrastructure in the era of generative AI, agentic AI, multimodal AI, and physical AI.
As AI adoption accelerates across enterprises, new security risks — including AI malfunction, data leakage, privilege abuse, and prompt injection attacks — are increasing just as rapidly. As a result, AI safety validation and control are becoming essential requirements regardless of advances in model performance. Demand is growing among enterprises seeking to establish security frameworks throughout the entire AI lifecycle, from deployment to live operations. AIM Intelligence is meeting this shift head-on, rapidly translating customer requirements into product updates while building a track record of real-world deployments in AI security and safety.
AIM Intelligence provides AI security solutions spanning the full cycle of attack, validation, and control. Its automated red teaming solution, Stinger, proactively identifies vulnerabilities by designing and validating millions of attack scenarios, while its real-time guardrail system, Starfort, controls risky AI behavior during live operations. Drawing on experience contributing to AI model safety projects at global frontier research organizations including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, the company is building a field-tested security framework tailored to real-world environments.
AIM Intelligence also brings strong research credentials to the AI security and safety space. The team has published approximately 20 papers on AI guardrails and has validated its technical capabilities through presentations at top-tier academic conferences. Beyond current LLM and agent security, the company is also developing Physical AI safety technology to ensure safety in physical environments such as robotics.
AIM Intelligence is currently building commercial references with enterprise customers across industries including enterprise, financial services, and the public sector. By working closely with customers in live operational environments, the company is refining its AI security and safety solutions while expanding capabilities to address industry-specific compliance requirements.
AIM Intelligence is a team with a well-rounded combination of frontier AI safety research, product development, and business execution. NAVER D2SF discovered the company through its 2024 Campus Startup Competition and participated in this investment following an incubation period. Co-founder and CEO Sangyoon Yu and the founding team bring experience in AI safety research and entrepreneurship, with a particular strength in rapidly sensing shifts in the AI landscape and translating those insights into products.
"AIM Intelligence has rapidly commercialized a practical AI security solution covering the full AI lifecycle, and we are also exploring collaboration opportunities with NAVER's security organization around safe AI initiatives," said Sanghwan Yang, Head of NAVER D2SF. "It is particularly impressive that a student-founded team has achieved this level of execution in the security sector, where experience and references are especially important. We will continue expanding opportunities to connect with AI-native founders in their teens and twenties who bring strong instincts and energy."
"As AI moves beyond productivity tools and into payment platforms, vehicles, and robotics, AI security is becoming part of critical industrial infrastructure," said Sangyoon Yu, CEO of AIM Intelligence. "This strategic investment reflects how AI security is increasingly being recognized as a real business priority across industries. AIM Intelligence aims to grow into an AI security infrastructure company that enables the safe development, validation, and operation of generative AI, agentic AI, and physical AI."
Meanwhile, NAVER D2SF's 2026 Campus Startup Competition recently concluded with a record-high 320+ applicants, including solo founders and high school startup teams, highlighting changing trends in tech entrepreneurship. Development speed and product maturity were notably higher this year, with more teams demonstrating real business traction beyond the idea stage. As AI continues to lower barriers to product development, NAVER D2SF plans to further expand its engagement with AI-native founders who can quickly identify and proactively solve emerging market problems.
About NAVER D2SF
NAVER D2SF is NAVER's in-house corporate venture arm, supporting sustainable growth by collaborating with startups. Founded in 1999, NAVER has maintained its position as Korea's leading search engine for over 20 years and operates across commerce, content, fintech, and cloud services. Under the technological vision of D2 (For Developers, By Developers), NAVER is actively developing new technologies and global partnerships to grow as a leading tech company.
To learn more, visit https://d2sf.naver.com
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NAVER D2SF Invests in AIM Intelligence, an AI Security Startup
