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Katsuaki Sato 佐藤航陽
Founder & CEO, Space Data
Verified 2026-10-17: Company site / press release
Background
Started Metaps while at Waseda University in 2007 and took it public; stepped down as Metaps CEO in 2020 to focus on Space Data. Author of the bestsellers "Okane 2.0" and "Sekai 2.0". Source
Public appearances
| 2022 Podcast | Kamecchi no Heya Radio #104: What does it mean to build a virtual world? #104 仮想空間をつくるとは、どういうことか（佐藤航陽さん編①） DMM founder Keishi Kameyama hosts Sato, who appears as an avatar. Sato says that is consistent with building virtual worlds, and discusses his book "Sekai 2.0" on how the metaverse is reshaping the world. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the published transcript. |
| Undated Podcast | Katsuaki Sato's "Space Council" podcast (own show) 佐藤航陽の宇宙会議 Sato's own podcast on what humans need to live in space, pairing space with topics such as AI, food, art and religion. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the show description. |
| 2024 Interview | Interview with Hidetaka Aoki on Space Data's platform ambitions (Sorabatake) 佐藤さんが「私の役目」と考える宇宙プラットフォーム事業の裏側にある想い Sato and space investor Hidetaka Aoki discuss Space Data's projects: an ISS simulator with JAXA, an open-source "Space Station OS" and an Earth digital twin with the UN. Sato wants Space Data to be infrastructure, something like Linux for space development. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the article text (excerpt). |