SATIM

SATIM is a Kraków, Poland-based company developing AI software for automatic object detection, classification and identification in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. Its product, OREC, is an analytics layer that ingests SAR data from satellite, UAV and airborne sensors and returns object-level results across more than 300 classes, covering 263 vessel classes, 28 aircraft classes and 12 vehicle classes. The company positions the software as sensor-agnostic and resolution-independent, designed for integration with command-and-control and C4ISR systems and for sovereign, on-premise deployment where customer data must remain confidential.

The product suite includes the core AI analysis engine, an automated area-of-interest capability that performs persistent monitoring and time-series analysis with near-real-time alerting after collection, and Sovereign SAR AI, which allows adaptation of models to classified data. In September 2026 the company announced OREC Evolve, which lets users train and adapt AI models themselves. SATIM describes a team of more than 50 engineers, PhDs, analysts and defense professionals, and states its aim is to equip NATO and allied nations with SAR intelligence capabilities. Beyond the Kraków headquarters it lists addresses in Dover, Delaware (US) and London (UK).

SATIM's models are trained using proprietary synthetic SAR signatures generated in an in-house simulator, which the company says allows the object catalog to be extended to new targets quickly. Reported performance figures include up to 90% detection and classification accuracy and results within 1–2 minutes, with the company website citing 95% accuracy across its 300+ class engine.

Founding story

Jacek Strzelczyk (co-founder and CEO) and Stanisława Porzycka-Strzelczyk (co-founder and CTO), who are married, founded SATIM in 2012 while working on PhDs in SAR data processing at the University of Science and Technology in Kraków. Poland joined the European Space Agency the same year, creating grant and project opportunities, and the founders spun the company out of the university to work directly with ESA. The company initially launched what it describes as Poland's first commercial service using SAR data for post-mining ground deformation monitoring, before pivoting to object detection and classification on SAR images.

Business model

SATIM licenses AI software that acts as an analytics layer on top of third-party SAR data, sold to military, government and commercial customers. Deployment options include integration into partners' platforms and analytics suites as well as sovereign, customer-controlled installations with in-house model training and adaptation.

The company offers AI-based software (described by one profile as software-as-a-service) for detecting, classifying and identifying objects in SAR imagery, and its models are also distributed through and integrated into SAR data providers' and defense primes' platforms.

Traction

By 2026 the company reports over 50 staff, offices in Kraków, Dover (Delaware) and London, and an object catalog exceeding 300 classes. OREC was tested during the FEX24 and CWIX25 exercises, was integrated or partnered with Capella Space, ICEYE, MDA, Umbra, Synspective, SkyFi and Thales, and in September 2026 OREC Evolve received a distinction from the Operational Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces in the military reconnaissance and service branches category.

Latest developments

In September 2026 SATIM announced OREC Evolve, enabling users to train and adapt AI models directly; signed a memorandum of understanding with IMSAR to integrate the OREC AI SAR analysis layer into Lisa 3D; and received the Operational Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces' Distinction in the military reconnaissance and service branches. The company also published a 2026 white paper on SAR exploitation in modern defense.