Another Earth, a company developing
AI-powered simulation and synthetic data for Earth observation, has raised a
total of €3.5 million in funding. The round includes new investment from
Wake-Up Capital alongside existing investors Rockstart, Inovexus, and Stamco
AG, as well as support from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and
Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS).
Based in Vienna, Another Earth
develops technology that generates synthetic satellite imagery and geospatial
datasets using generative AI and 3D modelling. The platform enables
organisations to train and test AI models for monitoring environmental change
and analysing land, water, and infrastructure at scale.
The company’s technology is designed
to address a key challenge in Earth observation AI: limited access to
high-quality training data. Traditional satellite imagery can be costly to
obtain, particularly in remote regions, and preparing datasets often requires
extensive manual labelling.
By generating synthetic satellite data
from scratch, Another Earth can automatically produce labelled and segmented
datasets, enabling organisations to train AI models more efficiently while
reducing the cost and potential bias associated with traditional data sources.
Maya Pindeus, CEO and co-founder of
Another Earth, said the planet is facing increasing challenges, including land
degradation and climate-related disasters, and noted that artificial
intelligence can help address these issues if it has access to the appropriate
data.
The biggest barrier to scaling Earth
Observation AI is the scarcity and prohibitive cost of high-quality training
data. With this funding, and our deployment into vital ecosystems spanning from
Latin America to Africa, we are generating data where there is none. We are
giving organisations the tools to transition from reactive crisis response to
proactive, predictive intervention.
Another Earth’s international
expansion builds on its work in Sub-Saharan Africa, where its technology is
used with GeoTerra Image to monitor the environmental impact of mining and
industrial sites. The company is also expanding its Synthetic Data Platform in
Brazil through a partnership with NovaTerra, focusing on applications such as
deforestation monitoring, agricultural analysis, and climate-related risk
assessment.
The new funding will be used to
accelerate the deployment of the company’s Synthetic Data Engine and expand its use
in environmental monitoring and risk simulation.
In particular, Another Earth plans to focus on
applications across Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa, generating high-resolution
synthetic satellite data to support biodiversity monitoring, deforestation
tracking, and environmental risk analysis in vulnerable ecosystems.