Hello and welcome back to Max Q!
In this issue:
- A closer look at Umbra
- News from Rocket Lab, Astranis and more
Umbra is a Silicon Valley outsider — they prefer it that way
Umbra co-founder Gabe Dominocielo’s last name is roughly translated from the Latin as “lord of the skies.” It’s a fitting title for the head of a satellite imagery company — but in a recent interview with TechCrunch, he joked that his last name should be “unit economics.”
“Space isn’t my background,” he said. “My passion is unit economics.”
Umbra’s story can be summed up as a marriage of technological innovation and — you guessed it — sound unit economics.
