SkyFi puts satellite car counts inside Robinhood's trading agent for $10 a month
Co-founded by Luke Fischer and energy trader Bill Perkins, Austin-based SkyFi now sells BlackSky satellite counts over 24 sites to Robinhood Agents subscribers.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
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Why it matters
Alternative data from satellites has been an institutional product sold through contracts and analyst workflows. SkyFi's Robinhood launch tests whether the same observations can work as a $10 monthly consumer subscription when an AI agent handles the retrieval and counting, and it gives Robinhood a differentiated data layer for its agent platform.
Bill Perkins's frustration with the difficulty of buying satellite imagery helped lead him and Luke Fischer to found SkyFi. On November 4th, 2026, that pitch reached retail brokerage accounts. SkyFi said its Satellite Intelligence app is now available to Robinhood Agents customers, giving subscribers monthly access to satellite observations over 24 monitored sites tied to 10 publicly traded companies.…
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