signals newsletter

Volume 1

March 10, 2025
WELCOME to this first edition of SIGNALS, a SkyMapper newsletter, where we showcase our latest advancements in decentralized astronomical research. From global recognition to groundbreaking partnerships, Skymapper continues to push the boundaries of science and technology

Meet the skyMapper c level

We're growing! Here's our new team members:
Franck Marchis, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & CEO

A distinguished astronomer and ​entrepreneur with over two decades of ​pioneering contributions to space ​exploration. He co-founded Unistellar, ​which has become the largest network of ​digital telescopes (more than 10,000 ​telescopes)

SETI Institute since 2010
California Academy of Sciences Fellow

Stefaan Vervaet
Co-Founder

Stefaan has 20 years of experience in the ​software space, where he helped build ​out successful startups in the enterprise ​data and storage management market.
Head of Growth at Protocol Labs where he ​is responsible for growing the Filecoin ​network, one of the largest DePin ZK ​networks in the world.


Co-​founder and CEO of Akave.ai

Guillermo Cid
CTO

Guillermo (BSc, MSc, PhD, BTech) is former member of the Spatial Data Committee in the Chilean Government. With Over 20 years of experience in earth and spatial data. and 10 years of experience in blockchain technologies applied to sciences and climate change adaptation.

Board member Fintech and Blockchain Association

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