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KoBold Metals

Finding the materials of the future with AI and HI.

KoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration and development company that uses artificial intelligence combined with human expertise to discover critical minerals needed for the future economy. They deploy novel sensors, state-of-the-art hardware and software, centralized data systems, and predictive models to make mineral discoveries faster and more efficiently than traditional methods.

The company was founded in 2018 by Kurt House, Josh Goldman, and Jeff Jurinak to address the growing supply gap of critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, and nickel needed for electrification. They recognized that the traditional exploration industry was becoming less effective at finding new deposits despite increased investment, using outdated methods with scattered data and siloed teams.

KoBold's work is critical because the future economy depends on finding more critical minerals to support the transition to clean energy and electrification. Their first major discovery, the Mingomba copper deposit in Zambia, is described as one of the best copper deposits ever found and will become one of the world's largest copper mines, demonstrating their potential to help solve the critical mineral supply crisis.

Impact model

KoBold's business model creates impact by revolutionizing mineral exploration to be more scientific and repeatable, enabling faster discovery of critical minerals essential for clean energy infrastructure and electrification. By combining AI with human expertise and deploying advanced technology, they can find deposits that traditional methods miss, helping to close the supply gap for materials needed in batteries, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems.

Their approach has already yielded significant results with the discovery of the Mingomba copper deposit in Zambia, which will become one of the world's largest copper mines. This discovery demonstrates their ability to find high-quality deposits faster than conventional exploration methods, potentially accelerating the availability of critical minerals needed for the clean energy transition.

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KoBold Metals Finding the materials of the future with AI and HI KoBold Metals Skip to content Science Ethics Company About Us Team Projects Mingomba Exploration Disclosures Québec Suomi/Finland Careers News Science Ethics Company About Us Team Projects Mingomba Exploration Disclosures Québec Suomi/Finland Careers News Finding the materials of the future with AI and HI KoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration and development company focused on critical minerals.

Our goal Turn exploration into a repeatable science. The Problem Discoveries per $ billion The future economy depends on finding more critical minerals, but the industry is getting worse at finding them. We don’t lack metal. We lack information. Our Solution KoBold combines AI and human expertise to make discoveries faster.

Novel Sensors State-of-the-art hardware and software that collect more and better data, faster Data Systems Centralized organization of everything we know about the earth's crust Predictive Models Models that make better predictions about where and how to look Learn About Science Our Unique Team W...