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Why We Started OmniGeo
Geospatial AI and physical risk insights for Earth observation teams, underwriters, and risk teams.
On December 30, 2021, a grass fire ignited near the Marshall Mesa trailhead between Boulder and Superior, Colorado. Within hours, driven by hurricane-force winds and exceptionally dry conditions, it became the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. More than 1,000 homes were destroyed. Entire neighborhoods disappeared in a single afternoon. One of those homes belonged to Scott Brave, my long-time colleague and friend, and our Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer.
The fire ultimately stopped roughly a mile and a half from our house. Close enough that we packed our car and left without knowing whether we would have a home to return to.
The Marshall Fire wasn’t Paradise, California. It wasn’t a remote mountain town surrounded by dense forest. It tore through suburban neighborhoods, business parks, schools, and shopping centers. Yet more than a thousand homes burned.
Read the full article on Substack publication, Ground Truth: https://omnigeo.substack.com/p/why-we-started-omnigeo