{"id":31935,"date":"2023-08-29T17:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/29\/balloon-tracker-synthetaic-partners-with-microsoft-for-cloud-power\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:47:35","slug":"balloon-tracker-synthetaic-partners-with-microsoft-for-cloud-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/industry\/2023\/08\/29\/balloon-tracker-synthetaic-partners-with-microsoft-for-cloud-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloon-tracker Synthetaic partners with Microsoft for cloud power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Microsoft will supply Synthetaic, a startup that used artificial intelligence to track the Chinese spy balloon that zigzagged across the U.S. earlier this year, with digital resources that executives said will fuel advancements in computer vision and imagery analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the five-year partnership, announced Aug. 29, Synthetaic will have access to nearly 1 million hours of cloud-computing power<\/a>. The Wisconsin-based company said it will buttress its Rapid Automatic Image Categorization software, or RAIC, which lets users mine vast collections of photos and other visuals for specific items. Additional terms of the agreement were not disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUsing AI to extract insights from image data is like building a fire: you need heat (AI algorithm), fuel (data), and oxygen (compute),\u201d Corey Jaskolski, the Synthetaic founder and CEO, said in a statement. \u201cThis partnership allows us to combine Azure\u2019s GPU compute and fast data storage running next to our algorithms, which enables our customers to process massive quantities of visual data into actionable insights and models in minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t