What Atlas AI does

Atlas AI is a geospatial AI (GeoAI) platform company founded in 2018 as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation by Stanford University professors Marshall Burke, Stefano Ermon, and David Lobell. The company integrates satellite imagery, survey data, environmental sensors, and socioeconomic indicators with machine learning models to produce hyperlocal, forward-looking intelligence about how physical and economic conditions evolve on the ground, with particular focus on emerging markets across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Atlas AI sells the Aperture platform alongside several products: the Atlas of Human Settlements (a global 10-meter resolution settlement map with annual updates), Aperture Pulse (wide-area economic and infrastructure change detection), a Geospatial Feature Store, a GeoAI Model Library accessible via MLHub REST API, and an Enterprise Developer Toolkit. Underlying technology includes the proprietary SatMAE foundation model for satellite imagery, geospatial foundation models, and fine-tuned LLMs achieving an r2 of 0.73 in predicting household asset wealth in Africa.

The company operates an enterprise subscription model with custom pricing and annual billing, targeting multinational corporations, development organizations, government agencies, and humanitarian operators through a direct enterprise field-sales motion supplemented by a Google Cloud distribution partnership (recognized as Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Sustainability in 2024). Named customers span aerospace (Airbus SE), global health (Gavi, Nutrition International), humanitarian aid (GiveDirectly), water access (Aquaya Institute), and energy (Engie Energy Access). Strategic investors include Airbus Ventures (board-level), The Rockefeller Foundation, and Micron Technology; the company is headquartered in Palo Alto with regional operations hubs in Nairobi and Athens and maintains a remote-first employee base of 11-50.

Name

Atlas AI

Legal name

Atlas AI P.B.C

Website

https://atlasai.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Atlas AI is a geospatial AI platform company that integrates satellite imagery, survey data, and machine learning to deliver hyperlocal socioeconomic and infrastructure intelligence for enterprise customers and development organizations operating in emerging markets worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial AI software

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL), Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD), Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Geospatial AI platform
• Satellite imagery analytics
• Socioeconomic forecasting
• Supply chain intelligence
• Infrastructure change detection

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Enterprise SaaS Platform Subscription: Atlas AI operates on a subscription-based model providing access to their GeoAI platform, featuring APIs, data layers, and analytical tools. Pricing is likely tiered based on usage volume, geographic coverage, and feature access. The company targets enterprise customers requiring planetary-scale geospatial intelligence.
2. Strategic Enterprise Engagements: Custom engagements with major enterprise clients such as Airbus SE for specific use cases including travel demand forecasting, airport catchment analysis, and infrastructure change detection. These are likely structured as multi-year contracts with enterprise pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Atlas AI builds and operates a planetary-aware GeoAI platform that integrates satellite imagery, survey data, environmental sensors, and socioeconomic indicators through proprietary machine learning models to produce hyperlocal geospatial intelligence, demand forecasts, and infrastructure change detection. The platform is delivered as an enterprise software stack with APIs, a geospatial feature store, a model library, and dedicated data products such as the Atlas of Human Settlements for clients in logistics, aerospace, development finance, humanitarian aid, energy, and global health.

Product overview

Atlas AI operates as a unified GeoAI (Geospatial AI) platform with a modular architecture built around the Aperture Platform as its core system. The platform integrates the Aperture Pulse product for wide-area change detection, a Geospatial Feature Store for analysis-ready data, a GeoAI Model Library accessible via MLHub API, and an Enterprise Developer Toolkit for custom integrations. The company also offers the Atlas of Human Settlements as a commercial data product providing 10-meter resolution global settlement mapping, and an Image Data Science Toolkit for interactive satellite/sensor image segmentation. The Aperture brand encompasses all platform capabilities for economic and infrastructure intelligence, with the platform designed to integrate into enterprise data and AI stacks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aperture® Pulse: Wide-area economic and infrastructure change detection solution delivering global, high-frequency monitoring of physical economic change.
• Aperture® Platform
• Atlas of Human Settlements (AHS)
• Image Data Science Toolkit (IDS)

Products and services

• Aperture Pulse Wide-area economic and infrastructure change detection solution that monitors vast regions globally, detecting shifts in infrastructure, land use, and economic activity with planetary-scale coverage using satellite imagery and AI-driven signal extraction.
• Aperture Platform Unified GeoAI platform integrating geospatial signals such as satellite imagery, infrastructure footprints, and economic activity into enterprise-grade forecasting workflows for anticipating disruption, guiding investments, and strategic planning.
• Atlas of Human Settlements (AHS) Global settlement mapping data product providing presence and built-up density data at 10-meter resolution, with annual updates from 2016 to present, including Built-up Surface, Index, Settlement, Confidence, Density, and Gradient map layers.
• Geospatial Feature Store Geo-referenced analysis-ready data repository bringing together satellite, survey, and sensor data into a single feature store that is always up to date and ready for ML analysis, eliminating geospatial ETL work for data science teams.
• GeoAI Model Library Catalog of dozens of production-scale analytical models for geospatial workflows including demand forecasting, network optimization, and market segmentation, accessible via the MLHub REST API.
• Image Data Science (IDS) Toolkit Interactive, real-time image segmentation toolkit providing SQL-like query functionality in image space using graph-theoretic constructs and ML algorithms for user-driven segmentation without requiring training data.
• Enterprise Developer Toolkit Connectors, interfaces, and handlers enabling end-to-end development, validation, deployment, scaling, and monitoring of GeoAI models, designed for integration with enterprise cloud and BI systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved r2 of 0.73 in predicting household asset wealth in Africa using fine-tuned GPT-3.5
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Google CloudflagshipTechnology or Integration · 9 April 2024Atlas AI's platform is built entirely on Google Cloud leveraging Google Earth Engine, BigQuery, and Vertex AI. The company was named Google Cloud's Partner of the Year 2024 for Sustainability Technology Solutions and is a member of the Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability program. Atlas AI data is available through Google Cloud's Analytics Hub.
• Airbus SEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic collaboration deploying Atlas AI's GeoAI platform for long-term demand sensing in global aviation supply chains. Initial deployment focused on hyperlocal aviation market forecasts, airport catchment analysis, and infrastructure change detection for rapidly growing markets including Asia-Pacific.
• Cassava TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to drive digital transformation across Africa by combining Cassava Technologies' extensive reach in scaling digital capabilities with Atlas AI's AI analytics. Includes delivery of cutting-edge AI development capabilities for Cassava Technologies' enterprise customers and integration of Atlas AI's core into Cassava's internal digital transformation efforts.
• Nutrition InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership leveraging machine-learning and geospatial technologies to enhance efficiency, reach, and climate resilience of nutrition programs. Atlas AI's platform was fine-tuned to predict locations of households at risk of being missed by health systems or not receiving essential nutrition services.
• GiveDirectlycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to enhance climate resilience among vulnerable communities by using Atlas AI's GeoAI platform as an early warning system to optimize targeting of cash transfers to communities most vulnerable to climate change. Supported by The Rockefeller Foundation.
• Gavi, the Vaccine AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtlas AI selected as INFUSE 2024 Pacesetter recognizing innovative geospatial platform addressing climate-related challenges in global immunization. Recognition opens collaboration opportunities with Gavi's extensive network of global health partners for integration into national immunization programs.
• Engie Energy AccessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to expand access to sustainable energy appliances in East Africa through PayGo solar solutions, using Atlas AI's platform for market targeting and consumer analytics.
• Shannon SullivanminorOthersEx-Head of Google Cloud Public Sector joined Atlas AI Advisory Board. Former 12-year Google veteran who led the entire federal cloud business and secured top positions on multi-billion dollar contracts for intelligence and defense.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Planet Labs: Planet Labs operates the largest commercial fleet of Earth observation satellites and has expanded into analytics (Planet Insights) for enterprise and government customers. Like Atlas AI, it combines satellite imagery with AI-driven analytics and serves logistics, agriculture, public sector, and defense verticals.
• Orbital Insight: Orbital Insight is a geospatial analytics company that applies AI/ML to satellite, UAV, and other geospatial data to deliver insights for financial, retail, energy, and public-sector customers. Direct overlap with Atlas AI's enterprise GeoAI platform positioning and multi-vertical go-to-market.
• LiveEO: LiveEO applies satellite-based analytics to enterprise infrastructure monitoring for rail, utilities, and energy operators in Europe. Comparable AI-on-satellite-imagery value proposition for enterprise customers, focused on change detection and asset monitoring.
• SkyWatch: SkyWatch operates a satellite data marketplace and analytics platform that aggregates commercial Earth observation imagery for enterprise developers and analysts. Directly comparable in combining satellite imagery with developer-friendly APIs and enterprise distribution.
• Up42: Up42 is Airbus's geospatial marketplace and developer platform for building Earth observation applications. Directly comparable developer-focused, satellite-analytics platform — and notably an Airbus entity, making it both a potential partner and competitor to Atlas AI.

Broad incumbents

• Maxar Technologies: Maxar is a major satellite operator and geospatial intelligence provider serving defense, intelligence, and commercial customers. Overlaps with Atlas AI in satellite imagery-based analytics but operates at significantly larger scale and with full-stack satellite ownership.
• ESRI: ESRI is the dominant GIS platform provider (ArcGIS) used by government, public sector, and large enterprises worldwide. Atlas AI competes in adjacent use cases but ESRI's incumbency, data layers, and customer base make it a broad market reference point.
• BlackSky: BlackSky operates a satellite constellation and delivers real-time geospatial intelligence to defense and commercial customers. Comparable analytics-on-imagery business model with government/defense emphasis and full vertical integration from satellite to insights.
• Google Earth Engine: Google Earth Engine is a planetary-scale geospatial analysis platform hosted on Google Cloud. As Atlas AI's underlying infrastructure partner, it is also a potential competitor providing petabyte-scale imagery and analysis capabilities to enterprises and researchers.
• Hexagon Geospatial: Hexagon Geospatial provides enterprise geospatial software (ERDAS, M.App Enterprise) and sensors for defense, government, and industrial customers. Broad incumbent in the geospatial analytics market with comparable AI/ML and imagery capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/atlas-ai-pbc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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