What Earth Force Technologies does

Earth Force Technologies is a U.S.-based private company founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco that builds precision fuel-treatment technology for landscape-scale vegetation management aimed at reducing catastrophic wildfire risk. The company's platform combines purpose-built hardware with cloud software: Guide is an in-cabin tablet paired with precision sensors that delivers real-time maps, alerts, and tree-level insights to field operators to ensure treatment prescriptions and project boundaries are followed, while Portal is a companion web application that automates field reporting and allows administrators to oversee materially more acreage without repeated remote site visits. The system is designed to replace manual forestry preparation tasks such as tree-painting and boundary-flagging that the company characterizes as non-scalable. The company pursues an enterprise field-sales go-to-market targeting government land management agencies and large forestry organizations, with publicly disclosed collaborators including the National Forest Service and the National Forest Foundation. Revenue appears to be generated through technology platform provision to land-management customers under a recurring/subscription model, though no pricing, contract values, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. As of the most recent available data, the company has raised $8.6 million in seed funding (November 2022) from a syndicate led by Alley Robotics Ventures.

Name

Earth Force Technologies

Legal name

Earth Force Technologies

Website

https://earthforce.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Earth Force Technologies builds precision sensor hardware and cloud software (Guide and Portal) that help government land managers and forestry organizations execute landscape-scale vegetation fuel treatments to reduce wildfire risk. The company serves federal agencies and conservation organizations in the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildfire Prevention Technology

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Guidance, Autosteer & Machine Control (GNSS/RTK, Auto-Steering, Implement Guidance) (AFAGALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Monitoring, Survival Surveys & Carbon/MRV Services (Remote Sensing, Field Audits) (AFAMACAO), Right-of-Way & Vegetation Management (Utilities/Transportation Corridors) (IMAIAIAI)

Keywords

• Vegetation management
• Wildfire prevention technology
• Precision forestry tools
• Forest fuel treatment
• Land management software

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technology Platform (Guide and Portal): Earth Force provides precision vegetation management technology combining hardware (Guide in-cabin tablet with sensors) and software (Portal web application) to help land managers implement fuel treatments at scale. Revenue appears to come from technology platform provision to forestry and land management organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Earth Force Technologies provides precision fuel treatment technology for landscape-scale vegetation management. The platform combines in-cabin hardware (Guide tablet with sensors) mounted in operator vehicles with a cloud-based web application (Portal) to plan, execute, and monitor mechanical fuel treatments aimed at reducing wildfire risk on forested landscapes.

Product overview

Earth Force Technologies offers a dual-product platform for precision fuel treatments at landscape scale to reduce wildfire risk. Guide is an in-cabin tablet system with precision sensors providing real-time maps, alerts, and tree-level insights for field operators. Portal is a companion web application that automates field reporting, allowing administrators to oversee expanded acreage with confidence. Together, these products accelerate project preparation, ensure prescription compliance, and scale capacity for land management operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Guide: An in-cabin tablet providing operators with real-time maps, alerts, and tree-level insights to ensure prescriptions are met and boundaries observed.
• Portal

Products and services

• Guide
• Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• Wildfires expected to impose nearly $20 trillion in damages over two decades in the U.S.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Vibrant Planet: Land management planning and decision-support software for forest restoration and wildfire resilience. Directly comparable in serving the same government/NGO forestry customers with technology for landscape-scale forest health.
• Overstory: Satellite-based vegetation intelligence for utilities, governments, and insurers to monitor vegetation risk. Directly comparable as a technology platform addressing vegetation management at scale, with overlap on utility and government customers.
• Pano AI: AI-powered wildfire detection and situational intelligence platform for utilities, government agencies, and fire departments. Comparable in applying advanced technology to the wildfire management value chain with government/utility customers.
• Technosylva: Wildfire simulation, risk analytics, and operations management software used by utilities and government agencies. Comparable in serving the wildfire management market with a technology platform for government customers.

Emerging players

• DroneDeploy: Aerial mapping and reality capture platform used across construction, agriculture, and forestry. Comparable in providing field-data capture and mapping software for forestry and land management workflows, with overlapping use cases around project boundary mapping.
• Sylvics: Forest management planning software focused on timber and forest operations. Comparable as a software platform targeting forestry and land management customers with technology for forest operations.

Broad incumbents

• Trimble: Global leader in GNSS, geospatial, and precision technology for agriculture, forestry, and construction. Comparable as a broad incumbent in precision guidance/machine control hardware and software that overlaps with Earth Force's in-cabin precision guidance technology.
• Resource Environmental Solutions (RES): Large ecological restoration and mitigation services firm executing large-scale forest, wetland, and stream restoration projects. Comparable as a major player delivering landscape-scale vegetation and forest restoration services for government and corporate customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors8 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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