In this episode of The Techne Connect, Jeremiah Pate, Founder and CTO of Lunasonde, shares how his team is inventing a new way to see underground.

He explains georadiotomography (GRT): a subsurface imaging technology that uses low-frequency radio from airborne—and ultimately space-borne—platforms to map minerals, fault lines, aquifers and more for defense and critical-minerals exploration. Jeremiah traces Lunasonde’s path from a spark of inspiration at UPenn to accelerator stints (Seraphim, Techstars), early field demos (including a History Channel feature), fundraising through turbulence, and a customer-first mindset that turned a lab idea into deployable product.

We get candid founder lessons on conviction, patience and avoiding the “build it and they will come” trap; thoughts on SpaceX/Starship as a catalyst for new space business models; and why STEM outreach matters. Jeremiah also lays out Lunasondes long-term vision: using space to source off-world resources so Earth can be “zoned residential.”

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