Top 7 Mining startups

Updated: Mar 08, 2026
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These startups use computer vision and machine learning for geological data interpretation, helping companies identify promising mining locations and optimize exploration processes.
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KoBold Metals
Country: USA | Funding: $1.2B
KoBold Metals is developing AI platform for automated cobalt deposit exploration. Company's drones collect RGB, hyperspectral and LiDAR data and capture 360-degree images of core samples on the drill rig, before they are crushed or moved. The platform organizes and analyzes this imagery along with reports, old maps, handwritten notes, geophysical and geochemical data. AI models then make all sorts of predictions: from resource determination (e.g., grade, thickness) to geological (e.g., rock type, lithology) and physical properties (e.g., conductivity, magnetic susceptibility). This enables the company to make optimal exploration and development decisions.
2
Beholder
Country: USA | Funding: $940M
Beholder is an AI-based Remote Sensing Platform for critical minerals and energy resources exploration.
3
GeologicAI
Country: Canada | Funding: $77.7M
GeologicAI is a software company specializes in Oil and Gas software.
4
Earth AI
Country: USA | Funding: $34M
EARTH AI is a predictive explorer and driller for critical minerals.
5
Ideon Technologies
Country: Canada | Funding: CA$26.8M
Ideon Technologies is a world pioneer in the application of cosmic-ray muon tomography. It uses artificial intelligence to map the intensity of cosmic-ray muons underground and construct detailed 3D density profiles of subsurface anomalies.
6
Pronto.ai
Country: USA
Pronto delivers off-road autonomous haulage systems specifically engineered for a variety of rugged and industrial environments.
7
Crow Industries
Country: USA | Funding: $120K
Crow Industries provides advances geomatics services to the mining industry. It uses advanced AI to deliver high-fidelity Digital Twins of your mine sites, giving you detailed situational awareness from anywhere in the world.
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Siddhant Patel is a senior editor for AI-Startups. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web. Siddhant has a special interest in artificial intelligence and has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the industry. Siddhant graduated from the Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru). When he’s not writing, Siddhant is also a developer and has a deep historical knowledge of the computer industry for the past 50 years. You can contact Siddhant at sidpatel(at)ai-startups(dot)pro