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Announcing my new venture: @KEA_Network, a mission to help reverse biodiversity loss by providing the data, knowledge and infrastructure the world needs to act.
I’m excited to share with you that I’m back to the arena! Last year we merged @PachamaInc with Carbon Direct (now Relae). After helping with the integration, I took time to focus on family and travel to some natural wonders. That time away made my next chapter clearer. The job is far from done and everything I learned building Pachama is too valuable not to put to work again.
I’m staying in Nature, but the anchor focus is biodiversity, instead of carbon. Biodiversity loss is one of the biggest tragedies of our time. And it puts at risk the systems we humans need to survive. But it’s not a lost cause, nature is astonishingly resilient. And we can have economic development while restoring nature. But we need better insight. The economy doesn't really grasp its true dependencies and impacts on nature. Meanwhile, AI gives us the capacity to reason across huge volumes of data and model hyper-complex systems, opening the doors to truly decoding the biosphere, to inform intelligent decision-making.
Here’s where we come in: KEA Network will combine advanced AI, next generation sensors and a network of local experts (scientists, data collectors, field practitioners) to help organizations take action to protect and restore nature, powered by world-class knowledge and data. Our platform will help clients with a range of nature-related strategic challenges: regulatory compliance, risk management, natural capital creation and beyond. Powered by AI, we will deliver the customization of a consulting firm with the scalability of a digital platform.
I’m honored to be joined by Carlos Nobre PhD as our Founding Chief Scientific Advisor. He is one of the world’s foremost Earth-system scientists. He led key scientific institutions and was a lead author of the IPCC report that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I’m also joined by amazing strategic advisors: Matt Haddon, who led the Nature, Biodiversity and Water practice at ERM, Joshua Katz, who led the Nature & Agriculture practice at McKinsey, and Maria Travaille who was a director of North America Advisory at Relae.
We are grateful to receive the early financial support of @SuperorganismVC and @FlorentVC, great investors focused on Nature and AI. I’m starting to build a great team and to establish partnerships with key organizations. We are structured as a dual entity: a PBC to provide commercial services, and a Foundation to contribute to open methodology, R&D and act as a mission guardian.
KEA stands for Keep Earth Alive, the purpose that drives us. This is just the beginning of a new long journey. It won’t be easy, but the stakes are too high to not keep trying our best to build a future where humans and the rest of life thrive together. Follow us along, and if we can help your organization with its nature-related challenges, do let me know. Vamos!
I’m excited to share with you that I’m back to the arena! Last year we merged @PachamaInc with Carbon Direct (now Relae). After helping with the integration, I took time to focus on family and travel to some natural wonders. That time away made my next chapter clearer. The job is far from done and everything I learned building Pachama is too valuable not to put to work again.
I’m staying in Nature, but the anchor focus is biodiversity, instead of carbon. Biodiversity loss is one of the biggest tragedies of our time. And it puts at risk the systems we humans need to survive. But it’s not a lost cause, nature is astonishingly resilient. And we can have economic development while restoring nature. But we need better insight. The economy doesn't really grasp its true dependencies and impacts on nature. Meanwhile, AI gives us the capacity to reason across huge volumes of data and model hyper-complex systems, opening the doors to truly decoding the biosphere, to inform intelligent decision-making.
Here’s where we come in: KEA Network will combine advanced AI, next generation sensors and a network of local experts (scientists, data collectors, field practitioners) to help organizations take action to protect and restore nature, powered by world-class knowledge and data. Our platform will help clients with a range of nature-related strategic challenges: regulatory compliance, risk management, natural capital creation and beyond. Powered by AI, we will deliver the customization of a consulting firm with the scalability of a digital platform.
I’m honored to be joined by Carlos Nobre PhD as our Founding Chief Scientific Advisor. He is one of the world’s foremost Earth-system scientists. He led key scientific institutions and was a lead author of the IPCC report that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I’m also joined by amazing strategic advisors: Matt Haddon, who led the Nature, Biodiversity and Water practice at ERM, Joshua Katz, who led the Nature & Agriculture practice at McKinsey, and Maria Travaille who was a director of North America Advisory at Relae.
We are grateful to receive the early financial support of @SuperorganismVC and @FlorentVC, great investors focused on Nature and AI. I’m starting to build a great team and to establish partnerships with key organizations. We are structured as a dual entity: a PBC to provide commercial services, and a Foundation to contribute to open methodology, R&D and act as a mission guardian.
KEA stands for Keep Earth Alive, the purpose that drives us. This is just the beginning of a new long journey. It won’t be easy, but the stakes are too high to not keep trying our best to build a future where humans and the rest of life thrive together. Follow us along, and if we can help your organization with its nature-related challenges, do let me know. Vamos!
