Microsoft AI for Earth

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.^[4][5][6][7]

Microsoft AI for Earth
Type of project	AI-based projects in the areas of agriculture, water, biodiversity and climate change
Location	40 countries
Founder	AI for Social Good[citation needed]
Key people	Lucas Joppa Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño[1][2] Alma Cárdenas[3] Harry Shum
Funding	Microsoft Research

AI for Earth has developed "the Planetary Computer", it offers APIs, data catalogs through azure storage and open source tools.^[8]

Initially Microsoft had invested $2 million but then started a "expanded strategic approach".^[9][10]

The initiative has 50 partnerships, 950 projects^[11]

See also

• AI for Good