
Earth AI is a high-performance explorer for clean energy minerals, leveraging advanced AI technology to discover untapped critical metal deposits at half the cost and in a fraction of the time compared to traditional methods. The company partners with mineral resource companies to enhance their exploration success while maintaining low costs, with a revenue model that is independent of service profits. Their innovative approach includes a modular drilling system and precise AI-driven prospect detection, allowing them to move from detection to drilling in just three to six months. Earth AI's technology significantly improves discovery success rates and minimizes environmental impact, positioning them as a leader in the rapidly growing market for critical minerals essential for the transition to a net-zero economy.

Earth AI is a high-performance explorer for clean energy minerals, leveraging advanced AI technology to discover untapped critical metal deposits at half the cost and in a fraction of the time compared to traditional methods. The company partners with mineral resource companies to enhance their exploration success while maintaining low costs, with a revenue model that is independent of service profits. Their innovative approach includes a modular drilling system and precise AI-driven prospect detection, allowing them to move from detection to drilling in just three to six months. Earth AI's technology significantly improves discovery success rates and minimizes environmental impact, positioning them as a leader in the rapidly growing market for critical minerals essential for the transition to a net-zero economy.
Core offering: AI-driven mineral discovery plus in-house modular drilling to advance targets to drill-testing in 3–6 months
Focus: Greenfield critical-minerals exploration in Australia
Team size (reported): ~30 employees
Latest disclosed funding: $20M Series B (announced Jan 27, 2025); total funding reported $34M
Critical-minerals discovery and early-stage development for clean energy supply chains.
Mining / Mineral Exploration
$20,000,000
$1,700,000
Reported as two seed rounds totaling ~$1.7M
“Participation from known ecosystem investors including Y Combinator and a mix of VCs (e.g., Tamarack Global, Cantos, SignalRank, Sparkwave, Scrum Ventures, Fifty Years, Blackbird)”