AI Grounded in Earth Sciences

Environmental and energy justice are interconnected concepts that focus on fairness in how environmental burdens and benefits are distributed. We are committed to promoting environmental and energy justice. This pursuit requires: (1) Community engagement: Meaningful participation of impacted communities in decision-making processes. (2) Policy solutions: Government policies that address environmental racism, promote clean energy access, and ensure a just transition for all. (3) Public awareness: Raising awareness about these issues and mobilizing support for the proposed solutions. By working towards environmental and energy justice, we can create a more equitable and sustainable future for all.

Our company is committed to providing educational, outreach, and business opportunities to underprivileged and underrepresented communities. We are working to develop educational programs and materials that are accessible to a wide range of learners. Our strategies and activities include workshops, webinars, videos, public events and campaigns, brochures, fact sheets, interactive learning, citizen science projects, and educational materials designed to engage and educate diverse audiences. We are building partnerships with minority-serving schools, universities, and community organizations to expand our reach and impact.

Our company develops and maintains both open-source and proprietary software and data. We believe that open-source software and data are essential for the scientific research community. Especially in the field of AI, where this is crucial for the development of new methods and the validation of existing ones. The AI building blocks are open source also to provide transparency and acceptability. Our commercial software is built on top of these open-source building blocks. Demonstrative examples, test cases, and results are available to the public to ensure the reproducibility of our work. We also provide detailed documentation and tutorials to help users understand and apply our software and data.

Our company acknowledges that the place now called Santa Fe, where our office is located, sits on unceded ancestral Tewa Land and is still recognized as O'gha Po'oge, meaning White Shell Water Place. We recognize that this land is just one piece of a larger, boundless terrain for Indigenous peoples that include the Nambe Pueblo, the Tewa, and the Jicarilla Apache. O'gha Po'oge was once a thriving Pueblo village, and their descendants include the modern-day Tewa people who still live in Santa Fe and the nearby Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara, and Tesuque. We also recognize the violence, displacement, migration, and colonization that haunt this place. We all are now stewards of this land, responsible for the care of water, air, and each other. Our company pledges to donate a percentage of the profit from our commercial services developed under our R&D projects to a local non-profit organization supporting the education of Native American students.