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Wed, Jul 16

NEWS: LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth

LGND just raised $9M to build what it calls “ChatGPT for the Earth,” a GeoAI platform to make sense of the 100 terabytes of satellite imagery collected every day. (TechCrunch)

  • The startup’s approach turns raw geospatial data into vector embeddings, so analysts and enterprises can ask complex spatial questions—like spotting new wildfire breaks or monitoring vegetation—without building custom models.

  • The vision: become a foundational layer of Earth intelligence that’s flexible, fast, and scalable enough to power everything from disaster planning to infrastructure mapping.

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