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March 24, 2021

Meet the startup using data analytics from Mars to save Earth’s water

Utilis has raised $6m to scale its solution in helping infrastructure engineers gather data from deep underground.


Connor Bilboe

4 min read

Alisher Art

Lauren Guy, the founder of Israel-based startup Utilis, started his career looking for underground water on Mars.

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From left to right, Elly Perets, CEO of Utilis and Lauren Guy, founder of Utilis. Credit: Michal Benedek
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Satellite SAR imagery of North San Francisco. The whiter areas mark the "white loud noise" Utilis' founder Lauren Guy talks about above.
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