Enter Near Space Labs and Swifts
Near space Labs, a Brooklyn-based startup, has developed a revolutionary system called Swifts, which uses stratospheric, AI-enabled robotic cameras that fly on weather balloons. These balloons, which fly twice as high as airplanes cruise, provide high-resolution imagery over thousands of square miles, capturing what 800,000 drones would in a single flight. This means that insurance companies can access critical information immediately after a disaster, assess damage, and pay out claims within days instead of weeks and months.