Grant Sanden

Prior to founding GeologicAI, Grant had over 15 years of experience in various engineering and geoscientific roles working on resource development projects across the globe. He founded GeologicAI in 2013, with the mission of exploiting emerging technologies to improve the science and practice of resource geology. GeologicAI has grown into a global leader in mining innovation, applying robotics, machine vision, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and big data to revolutionize the discovery and recovery of subsurface resources. In 2023 GeologicAI announced an investment from Bill Gates founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Export Development Canada. In 2025 GeologicAI recently announced the successful closing of a $44 million US Dollar Series B funding round. The round was led by Blue Earth Capital, with participation from BHP Ventures and Rio Tinto, representing two of the world’s largest mining companies, and existing investors such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures.