AI startup Synthetaic raises $15 million in Series B funding

WASHINGTON — Synthetaic, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to analyze data from space and air sensors, announced Feb. 6 it raised $15 million in Series B funding.
The round was led by Lupa Systems and TitletownTech, with participation from IBM Ventures and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Wisconsin-based Synthetaic made headlines a year ago when it used artificial intelligence and Planet Labs’ satellite imagery archive to independently track the Chinese spy balloon’s path across the United States before it was shot down.
“Over the past year, we’ve proven that when it comes to your data, if you can see it, RAIC can search it,” said Corey Jaskolski, Synthetaic CEO and founder. 
RAIC, short for Rapid Automatic Image Categorization, is the company’s analytics tool. It can rapidly identify images or items in images that would otherwise require a significant amount of human hours, and is especially effective for images with insufficient image data to trai...

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