Matter Intelligence was founded by former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineers Vishnu Sridhar and Thomas Chrien, and former Caltech scientist Nathan Stein. The team has decades of experience in developing advanced imaging technologies for space exploration, including Mars missions, and is now applying that expertise to revolutionize how we understand and protect our planet. The company's CEO, Vishnu Sridhar, has led key NASA missions like the SuperCam on the Perseverance rover and REASON on the Europa Clipper deep space mission, and served as the Flight Director for the Mars Opportunity rover. Technical Director, Thomas Chrien, pioneered hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy, developed the first airborne hyperspectral broadband imaging spectrometer, and directed the U.S. Air Force ARTEMIS payload for TacSat-3, the highest resolution publicly known hyperspectral mission.

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Date	Amount	Type	Investors	Valuation
10/30/24	$12,000,000	Seed	E2MC Ventures Lowercarbon Capital Mark Cuban Pear Ventures Toyota Ventures	undisclosed