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Vibrant Planet uses AI for land mapping and improving climate resiliency

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Vibrant Planet founder and CEO Allison Wolff joins TechCrunch’s Found podcast about using technology to improve land management.

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We believe we can achieve vibrant landscapes, clean water, abundant biodiversity, and safer communities by creating a common operating picture that helps teams and leaders build enduring resilience.

As a public benefit corporation (PBC) fostering positive social and environmental impact is core to our mission. Part of our public benefit is making novel data products available for scientific and educational pursuits through our nonprofit, VP Data Commons.

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