BUDGIE

BUDGET UTILISATION DYNAMICGUIDANCE INTELLIGENCE ENGINE

Planning a space mission involves complex decisions, high costs, and significant risks. BUDGIE enables rapid, AI-driven cost estimation, budget optimization, and risk assessment in near real-time — empowering startups and emerging space companies to make confident financial decisions early, without requiring large cost-analysis teams or deep historical datasets.

Space Mission Planning Essentials

Rapid Cost Estimation

Get preliminary cost estimates in seconds

Data-Light Approach

So you don't need extensive historical mission data to get started.

Risk-Aware Budgeting

Build realistic contingency buffers and avoid cost overruns with integrated risk assessment

Multi-Scenario Analysis

Quickly compare alternative mission architectures, technology choices, and budget allocations to find optimal solutions.

Designed for Agility

Optimised for startups and emerging companies that need professional-grade cost planning.

Transparent AI Insights

Understand the reasoning behind cost predictions with explainable AI outputs and confidence intervals for every estimate.

High-Level Purpose: How BUDGIE Works

BUDGIE takes mission input data (like payload mass, TRL, mission duration, etc.), learns patterns from historical missions, and then:

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Predicts Mission Cost (ML)
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Calculates Risk & Overruns
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Fits Uncertainty Distributions
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Generates Visualizations
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Optimizes Budget
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Outputs Dashboard

Intelligent Planning Process Flow

1
Mission Requirements
Input
2
Multi-Agent
Analysis
3
Optimization &
Planning
4
Scenario
Evaluation
5
Financial Plan
Output
6
Risk & Cost
Assessment
7
Budget
Optimization
8
Dashboard &
Reporting

Central Intelligence

Coordinated AI agents
continuously refine cost,
risk & budget decisions.

BUDGIE In Action

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ChatGPT vs. BUDGIE: Budget Optimization for the Flock-1 Mission

Flock-1 Mission Budget Estimate: $150-200 million

ChatGPT Output
Estimated Total Cost$130,000,000
Risk Score62/100
AI Confidence55%
Estimated AI Savings$9,100,000
BUDGIE Output
Estimated Total Cost$154,000,000
Risk Score35.5/100
AI Confidence82%
Estimated AI Savings$20,000,000
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BUDGIE your smart companion for space missions

Darius Dantzler, Nikola Mazzarella, Robert Nagy, Avani Sharan, Venkata Sri Varshini Budi