Microsoft AI for Earth

Microsoft AI for Earth
Type of projectAI-based projects in the areas of agriculture, water, biodiversity and climate change
Location40 countries
FounderAI for Social Good
Key people
  • Lucas Joppa
  • Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño
  • Alma Cárdenas
  • Harry Shum
FundingMicrosoft Research

Microsoft AI For Earth Programme is a private project launched in July 2017 that uses Microsoft AI for earth and people related studies. Microsoft has allocated a $50 million budget for the programs.

AI for Earth has developed "the Planetary Computer", it offers APIs, data catalogs through azure storage and open source tools.

Initially Microsoft had invested $2 million but then started a "expanded strategic approach".

The initiative has 50 partnerships, 950 projects

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