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Day 3 · Interview 06 of 1411:10 AM · Moscone West

Matteo Vismara

Founder & CEO, SatEnlight

Laser links for satellites and cell towers that use a new property of light.

The full conversation

8:24 · every question and answer, tightened. Tap a line to jump to it.

The short version

3:11 · Matteo's answers, condensed.

Clips

5 short clips, captioned, in vertical and widescreen. Free to download and repost.

Talking to satellites with lasers

“With SatEnlight, we do optical communication. So instead of using radio frequencies to communicate, we use lasers. Are you saying that we're beaming lasers to space, to the moon, and that's how we communicate? Exactly. W…”

0:37
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Technology isn't a product yet

“The hardest part is take the technology and make it a product that's the hardest part because of course we like our technology but you know technology is not a product until you bring it to the people and understand thei…”

0:30
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Better leader than physicist

“I was president of the Italian Association of Physics students and I realized actually that my let's say abilities as a physicist were not at the same level of my abilities in leading a group of people in doing something…”

0:41
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Enjoy it. Believe in it.

“The first one is the biggest probably lesson of my parents. You always have to enjoy what you do. Because if you enjoy, then you are the best in what you do. The second one is to believe in what you're creating. I really…”

0:40
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Opening a $6M seed round

“We are opening a seed round of six millions to, let's say, do three things mainly. Go to the market in the telco, let's say, vertical. By 2027, we plan to have first revenues in that. Go in orbit to do the in-orbit demon…”

0:32
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At the booth

Team photos from the expo floor.

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