Building a brain for earth.
At Columbus, we collect the world’s data, and build a brain that comprehends it all.
We’re building frontier geospatial intelligence.
An interactive Thesis
Large Geospatial Model vs Large Language Model.
If an LLM is for the digital world, our LGM is for the physical world.
We’re personifying earth with physical AI. Instead of words, we process data about our surroundings and the anthropology in them.
A new foundational model is needed.
An LGM vs other foundation models
LLM
Large-Language-model
VLM
Vision-Language-model
LGM
Large-Geospatial-model
Text
e.g. “The grass is” → “green”
Text & Image
e.g. dog photo → “a border collie”
Physical reality
e.g. public data + urban imagery + GIS → crime risk map
outputs
Predictive words
“What word comes next?”
Visual reasoning
“What’s in this image?”
Ground truths
“What’s in this physical space?”
building it
A Large Geospatial Model is the next frontier in AI
The path forward
& Vision Models
LGM
Timeline of foundational AI models
- 2022 — LLM (Large Language Model)
- 2025 — Geo-tuned LLM & Vision Models
- 2027 — Generalist LGM (Large Geospatial Model)
- 2028 — UGM (Universal Geospatial Model)
- 2022LLM
- 2025Geo-tuned LLM & Vision Models
Now — July 2026- 2027Generalist LGMRead our Paper
- 2028UGMOur Game Plan
the drawbacks of LLMs & vision models.
How the LGM innovates.
Our Reasoning
We've come up with several innovations within data collection, fusion, and core reasoning. We combine several innovations in unique ways in our research.
We learned first-hand how LLMs are not built for geospatial needs. We set out to fix every technical issue that came with GPT architecture and it converged into a new foundational model, the LGM.
Our proprietary architecture is comprised of 3 parts. Within each are several innovations built during our practical research.
Data Collection
The most extensive data collection in the industry. Versatile methods ranging from drones, car data, human data, public data and more.
Read our blogour foundational model research
Read our latest releases
Explore the innovative research and recent papers from our team.
Join us! Research opportunities for the rebellious
Columbus Earth is hiring — open research opportunities for those who want to build the Large Geospatial Model and help shape the future of geospatial AI.
The Large Geospatial Model: Our Timeline
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Turning Dormant Data Usable
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