CEO
Terra AI
Terra AI provides an AI-powered platform that helps mining and reservoir companies characterize subsurface deposits, model uncertainty, and optimize drill planning for critical minerals, geothermal energy, and carbon storage projects. The platform fuses geophysics, geochemistry, and drilling data to generate millions of probabilistic geologic models, reportedly reducing drilling meters by 40-60% and improving resource estimate precision by 2-3x. Terra AI works with clients including Rio Tinto, Ero Copper, and Ramaco Resources across copper, rare earths, and carbon storage projects.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data & Analytics
- Software Only
- Clean Technology
- Energy
- Industrial Automation
Updated 1 month ago
Funding
Raised to date
$3.4MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Funding rounds are not available yet.
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Product
Problem
The discovery and development of mineral and energy resources are slow, risky, and often rely on trial-and-error methods, leading to potential shortages of critical metals and clean energy resources needed for the global energy transition. Traditional exploration methods struggle to efficiently process and interpret the vast amounts of available data, resulting in missed opportunities and increased costs. Current methods are slow, with exploration averaging 17 years, risky with false positive rates exceeding 90%, and opaque because subsurface targets are hidden.
Solution
Terra AI provides an AI-powered platform designed to accelerate and de-risk the exploration and development of critical mineral and energy resources. The platform fuses diverse exploration data into a coherent, multi-modal picture and applies patented generative modeling techniques and real-time geophysical simulations—some 125,000x faster than traditional methods—to generate millions of custom models conditioned on real-world data. By simulating targeting and incorporating new drill data, the platform helps optimize drill planning, reduce uncertainty, and improve predictability in resource exploration and development. Terra AI works with mining and energy companies to extract deeper insights from their data, quantify exploration uncertainty, and bring critical resources to markets faster.
Target Audience
Primary customers are mineral exploration companies, mining majors, and energy companies involved in critical mineral discovery, including copper, rare earths, geothermal energy, and carbon storage projects. Clients include Rio Tinto, Ero Copper, and Ramaco Resources.
Features
- AI-driven data fusion that integrates geophysics, geochemistry, and drilling data into a unified probabilistic model of the subsurface
- Generative modeling and real-time geophysical simulations that explore millions of geologic possibilities conditioned on real-world data
- Drill targeting simulation that optimizes drill planning and reduces uncertainty, reportedly cutting drilling meters by 40-60%
- Quantification of exploration uncertainty to define project success or failure
- Purpose-built AI for both minerals (copper, rare earths, critical minerals) and reservoirs (geothermal energy, carbon storage)
- Predictive analytics that increase resource definition by 2.5x and resource estimate precision by 2-3x compared to traditional methods