# Atlas AI

> Atlas AI is a Palo Alto-based Public Benefit Corporation building GeoAI software that turns planetary-scale satellite imagery, ground-truth surveys, and predictive models into decision-support tools for enterprises, governments, and development institutions investing in emerging markets.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Marshall Burke (Co-founder; Stanford Professor (Earth System Science / Economics)), Stefano Ermon (Co-founder; Stanford Professor (Computer Science)), David Lobell (Co-founder; Stanford Professor (Earth System Science))
- **Team size:** ~34 employees
- **Products:** Aperture Pulse, Geospatial Foundation Models, Analysis-Ready Data & Model Library, Decision-Support Middleware
- **Notable:** Founded by three Stanford professors active in the Burke/Lobell/Ermon research that pioneered combining satellite imagery with deep learning to estimate poverty and yields., Series A led by Airbus Ventures with Rockefeller and Micron - a rare combination of aerospace, semis, and development finance backers., Built one of the earliest commercially-available 'geospatial foundation model' product lines.

## Products & services

- **Aperture Pulse** — Flagship platform delivering wide-area, near-real-time detection of economic and infrastructure changes across global geographies.
- **Geospatial Foundation Models** — Planetary-aware ML models trained on satellite imagery and ground-truth data to produce socioeconomic and built-environment indicators.
- **Analysis-Ready Data & Model Library** — Pre-processed geospatial datasets and a library of ML models that feed enterprise data science workflows.
- **Decision-Support Middleware** — Software that lets institutions monitor change, forecast impact, and simulate scenarios before deploying capital.

## Achievements

- Founded by three Stanford professors active in the Burke/Lobell/Ermon research that pioneered combining satellite imagery with deep learning to estimate poverty and yields.
- Series A led by Airbus Ventures with Rockefeller and Micron - a rare combination of aerospace, semis, and development finance backers.
- Built one of the earliest commercially-available 'geospatial foundation model' product lines.
- Operates as a Public Benefit Corporation, codifying social impact in its charter.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Hiring across Europe to expand the global team (per CEO Abe Tarapani on LinkedIn).
- **2024** — Published 'Mapping the Future' blog framing Atlas AI's planetary-scale economic intelligence thesis.
- **2020-04** — Closed $7M Series A led by Airbus Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://atlasai.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlas-ai-pbc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/atlasai_co

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Last updated: 2026-06-29