Jack Sims

Center for Automotive Research, Inc. conducts research on important issues related to the future of the automotive industry. The non-profit company is based in Ann Arbor, MI. Alan Amici has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Blackshark Ai is an Austrian company that provides a 3D digital twin of the Earth by extracting information from satellite imagery and reconstructing detected attributes in photorealistic 3D fully automatically. The platform is powered by a scalable artificial intelligence that detects features with incredible precision and speed. The patented approach to 3D reconstruction can store petabytes of data and render it in infinite detail in real-time, allowing for powerful visualization and simulation applications for government, geospatial intelligence, humanitarian relief, planetary management, autonomous driving and flying, insurance, smart cities, and more. The company is backed by M12 - Microsoft's venture fund, Point72 Ventures, and provider of space solutions Maxar Technologies (NYSE\:MAXR). Blackshark Ai generates a real-time, accurate, searchable, and photorealistic 3D digital twin of the entire planet, powered by satellite data and artificial intelligence. The company was founded by Michael Putz, who has been the CEO since incorporation.