#61: Mapping Floods in Near-Real Time with Satellite Data for Parametric Insurance - Floodbase

Today, I have two guests Bessie Schwarz, co-founder & CEO and Subit Chakrabarti, VP of Technology at Floodbase.

Floodbase, which used to be called Cloud to Street, before their rebrand recently, is a climate-tech startup using satellite imagery to build flood data products for use by the insurance sector. 

In this episode, Bessie, Subit and I discuss what Floodbase does, their tech stack, what types of satellite data they use, why they publish their methodologies and collaborate with the academic community, how EO has evolved over the years and more.

• Floodbase website
• Floodbase open dataset
• Publication in Nature

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01:00: Intros

04:39: Floodbase - Overview

08:59: Floodbase products

13:51: Tech stack and what types of satellite data Floodbase uses

17:40: Publishing the methodologies and datasets and working with the academic community

19:48: Secret sauce behind mapping floods in near real-time

25:01: Challenges using satellite imagery and wishlist

36:02: Backward integration in the insurance industry

40:52: Advise for starting a company today 

45:51: Floodbase is hiring!