EARTH AI
YC S19 ↗San Francisco, US · Founded 2016 · Delaware corporation · 12 employees · 19 known investors
Earth AI uses AI to locate critical mineral deposits by analyzing geological data, supporting the supply chain for hardware and emerging technologies.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechNew MaterialsAI-Enhanced LearningClimateMiningin /18228179@earthaiexploreycombinator.com ↗

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S19)
RT
Roman Teslyukin𝕏Founder
IR
Ian RountreeDirector
MT
Mikhail TaverDirector
JL
Jamie LeeDirector
IS
Isabella SykesDirector
AB
Arnoud BalhuizenDirector
Investors · 19
AirTree VenturesSydney · $132K – $16.5M
Alpaca VCNew York · $500K – $5M
Blackbird VenturesAuckland
Cantos VenturesSan Francisco · $400K – $1.5Mvia Ian Rountree · board
Corigin Venturesvia Aubrie Pagano · inferred
DCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M
Deep AcreFort Lauderdale
Fifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M
Flucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5Mvia Ashley Flucas · inferred
MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M
Pi CampusRome · $55K – $540K
SciFoundersSan Francisco · $1M
Scrum VenturesSan Francisco
Tamarack GlobalGreenwich
Taver CapitalWilmington
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Lombardstreet VenturesreportedWoodside · $500K
SignalRankreported
Zeno VenturesreportedGeneva
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements▶$25.9MraisedFeb 2025 · 52 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$25.9MraisedFeb 2025 · 52 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Ian RountreeDirector
- Mikhail TaverDirector
- Jamie LeeDirector
- Isabella SykesDirector
- Roman TeslyukExecutive Officer, Director
- Arnoud BalhuizenDirector
- Offering amount
- $25.9M
- Amount sold
- $25.9M
- First sale
- Dec 2024
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$9.5MraisedFeb 2023 · 38 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$9.5MraisedFeb 2023 · 38 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Roman TeslyukExecutive Officer, Director
- Mikhail TaverDirector
- Arnoud BalhuizenDirector
- Ian RountreeDirector
- Offering amount
- $11.6M
- Amount sold
- $9.5M
- First sale
- Dec 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
In the news
- Earth AI raises $20M led by Tamarack, Cantos to find mineralsaxios.com · 2025
- Earth AI: Vertically-Integrated Exploration for an Abundant Futurenotboring.co · 2024
- IOM3 | AI helps find platinum in Australiaiom3.org · 2024
- Could AI help find valuable mineral deposits?economist.com · 2023
- Machine learning helps Earth AI find high-grade molybdenum in unexpected place - MINING.COMmining.com · 2023
- Earth AI Raises $5.5M Seed+ Funding Roundfinsmes.com · 2021
