Episode 79: Space & AI Entertainment

Guests: Urmil Bakhai, Harshit Yadav Companies: SatLeo Labs, Zingroll Date: 2026-03-11

Summary

The Offline Network Episode 79: Space & AI Entertainment (aired 2026-03-11). Urmil Bakhai on SatLeo Labs building thermal imaging satellite constellations. Harshit Yadav on Zingroll building the platform for AI-native films.

Full Transcript

Urmil Bakhai (SatLeo Labs): So to put it very simple, what we are doing is we are building a thermometer up in the space for planet Earth. Our satellites constellation on low Earth orbit will capture thermal imagery. As we see, the rapid urbanization is happening across not only India, but across the globe. We actually try to provide that and get into a lot of on-ground interventions using this intelligent data.

Urmil Bakhai (SatLeo Labs): All the electronics, all the optics, the other satellite components, they're all in-house, made in India by us. We are India's first company who are attempting to have thermal imaging satellites of our own.

Harshit Yadav (Founder and CEO, Zingroll): I was born and brought up in Delhi, New Delhi, India, then went to Dartmouth College for my undergrad. Cinema is really where there is a problem to be solved because content production is now getting cheaper. Zingroll is essentially YouTube, but for AI native films.

Harshit Yadav: It's like the Moore's law for video models - it's gonna get better for sure.

Utsav Somani: All right listeners, that's it. Have a wonderful break tomorrow. We'll see you on Wednesday at four o'clock. Bye-bye.