Space Business Podcast #96 Alvaro Alonso Ruiz: Leanspace

Software for satellites. We are overdue to talk about it – it’s important and it could be a big business opportunity, for reasons you’ll hear about in this episode. My guest is Alvaro Alonso Ruiz, co-founder of the French startup Leanspace who raised a EUR6MM seed round last year. Enjoy! Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com Do you want to specifically learn about investing in Space? Join the pre-release of Raphael's new live-taught course on Maven:  https://maven.com/space-business-institute/investing-course The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast Timestamps 0:00 Elevator Pitch  4:30 Satellite ground segment software 5:36 Origin story 10:27 Product cycle and use case 14:43 Third-party vs. in-house software 18:50 Fusing data  20:45 ChatGPT 21:25 Data security 24:13 Target market and customers 28:57 New approaches to aerospace manufacturing 31:26 Leanspace approach 33:58 Vision 37:05 Biggest risks 39:25 Strasbourg 41:20 Sci-Fi