What Lithosquare does

Lithosquare is a Paris-based deep tech startup founded in 2024 that applies artificial intelligence to critical mineral exploration. The company builds a Geology AI platform that fuses foundational AI with geological first principles modeling, ingesting hyperspectral satellite imagery, geophysical surveys, geochemical data and drilling results into unified 3D geo-scenarios used to originate and prioritize exploration targets. Its product suite spans target generation, dynamic 3D scenario modeling, and delineation services that update in real time as new drilling intercepts become available.

The company targets large and mid-tier mining operators seeking to accelerate discovery of critical metals such as copper and rare earths, addressing the structural problem that traditional exploration has failed to reverse declining discovery rates despite rising budgets. Lithosquare claims its platform reduces analysis timelines from months to days and increases discovery efficiency by up to 10x. Active engagement is documented across the US, Europe, Africa and Latin America, with a strategic joint venture with London-listed Aterian covering exploration projects in Morocco (Agdz, Azrar, Tata) and Botswana's Kalahari Copper Belt, and an internal asset portfolio spanning multiple continents.

Lithosquare operates an enterprise field-sales motion and a hybrid revenue model combining subscription or service-fee AI exploration engagements with asset-based joint ventures, where the company contributes technology and expertise in exchange for stakes or fees tied to discovered assets. The company raised a $25 million seed round in May 2026, co-led by World Fund and Kindred Capital with participation from Daphni, Omnes and OVNI Capital, to fund global deployment of its platform.

Name

Lithosquare

Legal name

LITHOSQUARE

Website

https://lithosquare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lithosquare is a Paris-based deep tech startup, founded in 2024, that builds an AI-driven geology platform to accelerate critical mineral exploration for large and mid-tier mining companies across the US, Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Mineral Exploration Software

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Support Activities for Metal Mining (213114), Support Activities for Mining (2131)

SIC

Metal Mining (1000)

akta.pro primary industry

Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling) (IMAKAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shaft Sinking, Raise Boring & Underground Development Works (IMAKAOAC), Exploration, Appraisal & Subsurface (Seismic, Geology, Reservoir Characterization) (EUAAAAAH)

Keywords

• Critical mineral exploration
• AI mineral discovery
• Geology AI platform
• Mineral exploration services
• Exploration technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AI-powered exploration services: Providing geology AI platform and exploration intelligence services to mining companies. The company works with mining operators to accelerate their exploration programs using AI-driven analysis.
2. Joint venture exploration partnerships: Strategic partnerships where Lithosquare provides AI technology and exploration expertise in exchange for stake in discovered assets or service fees, as seen in the Aterian joint venture covering Morocco and Botswana.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lithosquare develops a Geology AI platform that fuses foundational AI with geological first principles to discover critical metal deposits. The platform combines fragmented exploration data (geophysical, geochemical, satellite imagery, drilling) into unified 3D geo-scenarios that sequence field programs from sampling to drilling. The company delivers these AI-driven exploration services to mining operators and participates in joint venture exploration partnerships, including programs in Morocco and Botswana with Aterian.

Product overview

Lithosquare offers a unified Geology AI platform that combines foundational AI with deep geological expertise for critical mineral exploration. The platform encompasses Target Generation (combining fragmented data into unified geological frameworks), 3D Geo-Scenario Modeling (dynamic sequencing of field programs), and Delineation Services (real-time characterization updates). Working with mining companies across the US, Europe, Africa, and Latin America, the company operates as an asset-driven business building a portfolio of field-verified critical mineral discoveries, with active projects in France, Morocco, and Botswana.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Geology AI Platform A next-generation exploration platform combining foundational AI with geological first principles to discover critical metal deposits. The platform reduces mineral analysis timelines from months to days and claims to increase discovery efficiency by up to 10x. Sold to mining operators as an enterprise AI software platform.
• Critical Mineral Exploration Services Global mineral exploration services targeting critical metals including copper and rare earths. Delivered to mining companies across the US, Europe, Africa, and Latin America to address anticipated supply gaps by 2040.
• Exploration Portfolio Assets Asset-driven exploration portfolio covering multiple continents (France, Morocco, Botswana, Kalahari Copper Belt, US, Latin America) with field-verified critical mineral discoveries, structured for strategic partnership and joint venture collaboration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Analysis timelines reduced from months to days
• +1 more outcomes

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

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AteriancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026London-listed critical minerals explorer Aterian commenced field operations under strategic joint venture with Lithosquare. Programs cover priority exploration projects in Morocco (Agdz, Azrar, Tata projects) and Botswana (multiple licences in Kalahari Copper Belt with first drill campaign on PL199/2025). Combines advanced technologies including hyperspectral satellite imagery, AI-driven target generation, geophysics, geochemistry, and drilling.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• VerAI Labs: AI platform that identifies concealed mineral deposits using proprietary machine learning on geological and geophysical datasets. Direct peer in AI-driven target generation for critical minerals, with a comparable services-plus-royalty commercial model.
• Earth AI: AI-driven mineral exploration startup combining predictive analytics with field validation to discover and develop critical mineral deposits. Operates a similar hybrid services-plus-assets model targeting copper, cobalt, and nickel, making it a direct head-to-head comparable.
• KoBold Metals: Bill Gates- and Jeff Bezos-backed AI-driven mineral exploration company focused on critical metals for the energy transition. Direct competitor in applying AI/ML to discovery targeting for copper, lithium, nickel, and rare earths; closest comparable in business model and end-market.

Broad incumbents

• IMDEX: Global mining-tech company providing drilling intelligence, down-hole sensors, and geological data solutions. Comparable as a supplier of subsurface and drilling data that feeds directly into the kind of AI exploration pipelines Lithosquare is building.
• Corescan: Provider of hyperspectral scanning and mineralogical analysis services for drill core and chip samples. Overlaps directly with Lithosquare's hyperspectral satellite imagery and core-characterization workflows as an established service provider to mining companies.
• Maptek: Long-standing provider of mining software, 3D geological modeling, and resource estimation tools. Broad incumbent in the same workflow — exploration targeting, resource modeling, and mine planning — that Lithosquare's AI platform is seeking to accelerate.
• Datamine: Mining software suite for geological modeling, resource estimation, mine planning, and production scheduling. Broad incumbent whose toolchain intersects Lithosquare's delineation and 3D geo-scenario workflows inside mining company IT stacks.
• Seequent (Bentley iTwin): Established geoscience interpretation and 3D modeling software platform for mining and civil engineering, now part of Bentley Systems. Broad incumbent in geological data integration and subsurface modeling — comparable as a tool of record for geologists that Lithosquare's 3D geo-scenarios must displace or augment.

Emerging players

• GeologicAI: AI-powered rock and core analysis platform combining high-resolution imaging with machine learning to accelerate geological logging. Emerging player with comparable AI-for-geology workflow to Lithosquare's delineation and core-characterization services.
• Ideon Technologies: Provider of subsurface intelligence using cosmic-ray muons and AI to image density anomalies for mining and geological applications. Emerging player in AI-augmented geophysics with partial overlap on the exploration-targeting workflow Lithosquare addresses.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors6 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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