# Atlas AI > Atlas AI models the physical economy: what’s changing on the ground, what it changes, and what to do next. For governments, development institutions, and enterprises. Atlas AI P.B.C. is a geospatial AI company founded in 2018 by Stanford scientists. It makes two products: Pulse, a subscription monitoring service that detects construction, settlement, land use, and roads from Earth observation data; and Foresight, a predictive modeling platform. Both run on Aperture®, the patented GeoAI engine that powers them. Teams use them to see new construction and new capacity across whole regions before official data catches up, to forecast demand and conditions, to plan networks of towers, clinics, depots, and substations, and to measure what new infrastructure changed for the people around it, across supply chains and logistics, infrastructure and energy, global health and development, financial services and risk, and government. Customers and partners include Airbus, Gavi, the World Bank, Nutrition International, Econet, GiveDirectly, FCDO, and Google Cloud. Contact: hello@atlasai.us, or https://www.atlasai.co/contact Generated 2026-10-14 from https://www.atlasai.co. ## Platform - [Pulse](https://www.atlasai.co/pulse): Pulse is a subscription monitoring service that detects construction, settlement, land use, and roads across entire regions and countries, delivered as data for your systems. - [Foresight](https://www.atlasai.co/foresight): Foresight is a predictive modeling platform: the models, data, and infrastructure for decisions that depend on how a place will change, built and tuned with Atlas AI scientists and engineers. ## Company - [Overview](https://www.atlasai.co/): Atlas AI models the physical economy: what’s changing on the ground, what it changes, and what to do next. For governments, development institutions, and enterprises. - [Company](https://www.atlasai.co/company): Atlas AI models the physical economy. Founded in 2018 by Stanford scientists. Our mission, our values, our research, and how we govern our models. - [Responsible AI](https://www.atlasai.co/responsible-ai): How Atlas AI governs its models: named accountability, validation before release, documentation, disclosure, our commitments, and incident reporting. - [Contact](https://www.atlasai.co/contact): Contact the Atlas AI team about Pulse, Foresight, partnerships, or press. ## Research - [Research papers](https://www.atlasai.co/research/papers): Papers by the Atlas AI team, the Stanford research the company grew out of, and published work by others that uses Atlas AI data. ## Perspectives - [Perspectives](https://www.atlasai.co/blog): Essays, research, and product news from the Atlas AI team. - [Introducing Pulse: A New Era of Scalable Economic Change Detection](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/introducing-aperture-pulse): Today, we’re excited to officially launch Pulse, powered by Aperture® — a breakthrough solution for detecting and tracking economic change at scale. - [Mapping the Future: How Atlas AI is Redefining Economic Intelligence at Planetary Scale](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/mapping-the-future): Unlocking a new era of foresight: predicting economic and infrastructure change before it reshapes the world. - [Understanding Cause & Effect: The Exciting and Rapidly Evolving Intersection of Causal Inference and Artificial Intelligence](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/understanding-cause-effect-the-exciting-and-rapidly-evolving-intersection-of-causal-inference-and-artificial-intelligence): This blog by our co-founder, Marshall Burke, is Part 3 of a series discussing areas of the AI field that the Atlas AI team is passionate about and working to advance in 2024. - [Introducing the Fourth Release of the Atlas of Human Settlements](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/introducing-the-fourth-release-of-the-atlas-of-human-settlements): We’re excited to announce the fourth release of our Atlas of Human Settlements! In this release, we're continuing to improve the quality of insight about how people live and thrive in different parts of the world. - [Introducing Atlas AI's Image Data Science Toolkit](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/image-data-science-ids): Introducing the Image Data Science toolkit (IDS), which provides real-time image segmentation and insights, eliminating the need for manual annotation. - [Peering into the Future with Geospatial Foundation Models](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/foundation-models-for-geospatial-data): This blog by our co-founder, Stefano Ermon, is Part 2 of a series discussing areas of the AI field that the Atlas AI team is passionate about and working to advance in 2024. - [Embracing Large Language Models (LLMs) at Atlas AI: A New Frontier in Understanding Societal Conditions](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/embracing-large-language-models-llms-at-atlas-ai-a-new-frontier-in-understanding-societal-conditions): Our co-founder, David Lobell, describes Atlas AI's method of embracing Large Language Models (LLMs) to understand societal conditions. The blog is Part 1 of a series discussing areas of the AI field that the Atlas AI team is passionate about and working to advance in 2024. - [Can satellite derived insights be a credible complement to survey design, monitoring and evaluation efforts in data sparse environments? At Atlas AI, we are determined to find out.](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/can-satellite-derived-insights-be-a-credible-compliment-to-survey-design-monitoring-and-evaluation-efforts-in-data-sparse-environments): Can we trust satellite imagery to accurately measure and understand socioeconomic outcomes in data sparse environments? - [Atlas AI Releases Atlas of Human Settlements (AHS) 2021 Data Layers for Turkey and Syria](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/atlas-ai-releases-atlas-of-human-settlements-ahs-2021-data-layers-for-turkey-and-syria): Atlas AI has released its Atlas of Human Settlements (AHS) 2021 data layers for Turkey and Syria to provide critical intelligence and inform sustainable long-term rebuilding efforts in response to the earthquake in these regions. - [Atlas AI Selected as Gavi 2024 Pacesetter for Climate-Resilient Health Solutions](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/atlas-ai-selected-as-gavi-infuse-2024-pacesetter): Atlas AI selected as Gavi INFUSE 2024 Pacesetter for innovative geospatial platform addressing climate-related challenges in global immunization efforts. - [Release: Atlas AI Partners with Airbus SE, Utilizing AI to Inform Supply Chain Readiness for Rapidly Growing Markets](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/atlas-ai-partners-with-airbus-se-utilizing-ai-to-inform-supply-chain-readiness-for-rapidly-growing-markets): Atlas AI’s GeoAI platform is unlocking new insights to guide supply chain strategies in dynamic and volatile markets. - [Nutrition International partners with Atlas AI to leverage artificial intelligence platform to enhance global nutrition programs](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/nutrition-international-partners-with-atlas-ai-to-leverage-artificial-intelligence-platform-to-enhance-global-nutrition-programs): Learn how Nutrition International is harnessing the Atlas AI platform to enhance global nutrition support through advanced geospatial AI technology - [Strengthening Global Climate Resilience: Announcing Atlas AI’s Partnership with GiveDirectly](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/strengthening-global-climate-resilience-announcing-atlas-ais-partnership-with-givedirectly): Discover how GiveDirectly and Atlas AI's innovative partnership is bringing new support to communities on the front lines of climate change. - [Atlas AI Named Google Cloud's Partner of the Year for Sustainability Technology Solutions](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/atlas-ai-named-google-clouds-partner-of-the-year-for-sustainability-technology-solutions) - [NSF & Atlas AI: improving the science for agricultural efficiencies](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/nsf-atlas-ai-improving-the-science-for-agricultural-efficiencies): Pioneering the application of satellite-survey methodologies to improve access to timely, reliable data on agricultural productivity in data-sparse environments. - [Aquaya Delivering Water Access in Ghana](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/customer-story-aquaya-expanding-water-access): Aquaya used our datasets and geospatial analytics to discover and target the hardest to reach households in need of water access in Ghana and to understand who would be the recipients and the expected impact of pro-poor water programming. - [Atlas AI and e-GUIDE Begin Delivering Innovative Data Products for Climate Adaptation in East Africa](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/atlas-ai-and-e-guide-begin-delivering-innovative-data-products-for-climate-adaptation-in-east-africa): Atlas AI is advancing research to inform public policy and investment at the intersection of the agriculture, energy and transportation sectors in East Africa. - [Bridging the global agricultural data gap: one crop at a time](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/bridging-the-global-agricultural-data-gap-one-crop-at-a-time): Collaborating with the World Bank to help close the agricultural data gap: joining the 50x2030 Initiative to improve country-level data in 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America by 2030. - [Atlas AI and Cassava Technologies Partner to Drive Digital Transformation in Africa](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/atlas-ai-and-cassava-technologies-partner-to-drive-digital-transformation-in-africa): In an era marked by incredible advancements in technology, Atlas AI and Cassava Technologies are joining forces to ignite a new chapter of innovation across Africa. - [Introducing Atlas AI’s Core Values](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/introducing-atlas-ais-core-values): Taking a look at the core values we live by to be successful as a team and company. - [Building AI Technologies Responsibly: Sharing the Core Principles and Mindful Approaches of Atlas AI](https://www.atlasai.co/blog/building-responsible-ai-unveiling-the-core-values-and-mindful-approaches-of-atlas-ai): In this blog, we discuss how Atlas AI is committed to building ethical and responsible AI models. ## Optional - 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