Biolite

💎 Idea – BioLite: Biological Threat Early Warning System

Biolite is an AI-powered early warning system designed to predict and detect biological threats—ranging from zoonotic outbreaks to potential bioterrorism—by analyzing environmental, atmospheric, and animal behavior data. Outbreaks like H5N1 and African Swine Fever have shown how diseases in animal populations can devastate ecosystems, economies, and human lives. By combining satellite data, AI, and behavioral analytics, Biolite provides early alerts to governments, insurers, and defense bodies, helping prevent wide-scale human transmission and ensuring timely response.

🛰️ EU Space Technologies

Biolite leverages the Copernicus Sentinel satellites to feed its predictive AI models with essential environmental intelligence:

• Sentinel-1: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to detect changes in terrain, floods, and land movement—early indicators of wildlife displacement.

• Sentinel-2: Multispectral imagery for monitoring vegetation stress, water availability, and land use—critical for habitat-related disease triggers.

• Sentinel-3: Measures sea and land surface temperatures, which influence the lifecycle of pathogens and vector species.

• Sentinel-5P: Tracks air quality and atmospheric gases (like NO₂, O₃, SO₂) that may correlate with livestock disease or mass animal mortality events.

This rich space-data layer, fused with ground intelligence, provides proactive situational awareness to support epidemic forecasting and health risk mitigation.

🌍 EU Space for Healthcare Challenge

Biolite addresses the “Monitoring Disease Outbreaks and Health Risks” challenge. By integrating space-based Earth observation with AI, Biolite creates a unique solution that:

• Detects zoonotic disease threats before they reach humans

• Enhances epidemic preparedness for governments, defense ministries, and NATO

• Assists health ministries and insurers in managing bio-risks

• Supports sustainable One Health strategies by linking ecosystems, animal, and human health

In doing so, Biolite helps protect healthcare systems from stress, reduces the risk of large-scale outbreaks, and reinforces Europe’s health resilience.

👥 Team

• John – Medical Doctor & FounderA physician with deep field experience through the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders. A 4-time startup founder with a passion for longevity, global health, and innovation in biosecurity.

• Navid – AI Engineer & Technical LeadAn artificial intelligence expert and 4-time startup founder, Navid brings advanced skills in data modeling, Earth observation analysis, and scalable system design to power Biolite’s prediction engine.

• Sepideh – NASA Scientist & Systems AdvisorA space and systems scientist at NASA, Sepideh contributes her expertise in remote sensing, aerospace data systems, and environmental modeling—ensuring Biolite maximizes value from satellite resources.

Together, the team merges medical insight, deep tech capability, and space science excellence to deliver a breakthrough solution in planetary health and biological threat detection.