LGND AI, Inc., a NYC-based firm constructing new methods for folks and AI to work together with Earth information, raised $9m in financing.
The spherical was led by Javelin Enterprise Companions, with participation from AENU, House Capital, Overture, Ridgeline, MCJ, Coalition Operators, Clocktower Ventures, and angel traders together with John Hanke, founding father of Keyhole (acquired by Google and the inspiration for Google Maps and Niantic), Karim Atiyeh, cofounder and CTO of Ramp, and Suzanne DiBianca, EVP & Chief Impression Officer of Salesforce. Javelin’s Noah Doyle will be a part of LGND’s board.
The corporate intends to make use of the funds to speed up growth of its geospatial AI instruments.
Led by Nathaniel Manning, CEO, Dan Hammer, Chief Product Officer, and Bruno Sánchez–Andrade Nuño, Chief Science Officer, LGND gives a platform that allows builders and analysts to create, refine, and deploy geospatial information in intuitive, adaptive methods. Over the previous 12 months, the corporate has constructed a “geo-embeddings manufacturing unit” able to producing scalable Earth datasets that may be queried, tuned, and deployed in actual time.
Early use instances embrace wildfire threat modeling for insurers, unlawful mining detection, infrastructure monitoring, and the combination of Earth information into AI brokers. Preliminary traction consists of pilot initiatives with skilled service corporations and logistics corporations.
With the brand new funding, LGND will launch a no-code geospatial app and an enterprise-facing answer. It’s going to additionally develop developer entry by SDKs and APIs for constructing customized workflows and functions, together with assist for AI brokers and MCP integrations that enable fashions to immediately work together with reside Earth information.
FinSMEs
10/07/2025
