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Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño
Planetary Intelligence | Earth-aware AI | Geospatial Infrastructure
Co-founded LGND, a planetary intelligence company building queryable Earth infrastructure that turns satellite and Earth-observation data into fast, searchable intelligence for Earth-aware AI and real-world decisions
Co-founder and Executive Director of the Clay Foundation, stewarding one of the world’s leading open foundation models for Earth observation
Formerly led geospatial, analytics, and AI programs at NASA, the World Bank, Microsoft Planetary Computer, and as Chief Scientist at Mapbox, working on climate risk, disaster response, food systems, poverty measurement, and environmental monitoring
World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and former member of the Global Future Council on Space
PhD (Hons) in Astrophysics, Max Planck Institute
Focus: building the infrastructure that makes the planet queryable and actionable in near real time.
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