EarthDaily has been named a finalist for the 2025 Nebius Robotics & Physical AI Awards, which recognize emerging companies advancing innovation at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the physical world.
A total of 55 finalists were chosen from 254 submissions worldwide, by a judges’ panel that included leaders from OpenAI, NVIDIA, Accel, Khosla Ventures, Radical Ventures, and BMW i Ventures. The awards highlight technologies shaping the next frontier of robotics and physical AI.
For EarthDaily, the recognition reflects our focus on using science-grade Earth Observation and analytics to address real-world challenges – from monitoring crops and ecosystems to supporting disaster preparedness.
As part of this work, EarthDaily is developing a Geospatial Foundation Model, a large-scale model trained on diverse, science-grade Earth Observation datasets, including the forthcoming EarthDaily Constellation. Built to advance AI that understands the physical world, the model provides a foundation for spatial intelligence, connecting observation with reasoning to address challenges across agriculture, resource management, and climate resilience.
“At EarthDaily, we’re building AI that understands the physical world, powered by the most precise and consistent global daily view of our planet ever captured,” said Chris Rampersad, Vice President, Data & Platform at EarthDaily. “Our AI-ready Earth Observation data provides the foundation for spatial intelligence: systems that perceive, reason, and anticipate change across time and space. Just as GPS and weather have become invisible infrastructure, EarthDaily’s data and AI together are creating a new digital backbone for understanding our world, turning daily observation into prediction, and prediction into smarter, more sustainable action.”
The Nebius Robotics & Physical AI Summit and Awards will take place on December 9, 2025, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The program will gather more than 300 researchers, investors, and industry leaders for keynotes and panels exploring the future of physical AI, from breakthrough research to large-scale deployment.
As a finalist, EarthDaily will join peers from across the robotics and AI ecosystem for discussions on how intelligence is being embedded into physical systems, from autonomous sensing and control to next-generation analytics. The evening ceremony will recognize category winners and bring together the broader physical AI community.
The recognition as a finalist is a moment of reflection as much as celebration for us, a reminder that the same advances transforming robotics and physical AI are also redefining how we observe, understand, and protect our planet.
At EarthDaily, we are redefining what Earth Observation means in the AI era, by transforming how the world measures change and turns that understanding into action. By pairing AI with precise, science-grade Earth Observation, EarthDaily helps bring intelligence into the physical world – measuring change, predicting risk, and informing action across critical sectors.
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