Satellite and geo

Ai2 OlmoEarth

Ai2's family of models for Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat imagery, with ready-made fine-tunes for mangroves, deforestation and ecosystem types. The license excludes the extractive industries.

Developer
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), USA
First release
Oct 2025
Latest release
Jun 2026
Sizes
Nano – Large (Base about 114M)
License
Commercial use with conditionsOlmoEarth Artifact License: free, including for business, but military use, surveillance and resource extraction (oil, gas, mining) are prohibited
Running
On your own serverAlso runs without a GPU
Industries
Manufacturing and logistics, Finance, Science and research, Public sector
Deploy on your server Hugging Face GitHub

What it does

  • Monitoring deforestation and forest condition across the supply chain
  • Classifying land and crops from image series
  • Image embeddings for finding similar plots

Where it is used

AgribusinessForestry and ESG reportingInsuranceEnvironmental agencies

Hardware requirements

LaptopLaptop or regular PC, up to 8 GB of VRAM — smaller versions
fits
1 GPUOne GPU with 16–80 GB — mid-size versions
fits
ClusterServer with several GPUs — flagship versions
no versions

Versions

  1. OlmoEarth v1.2
  2. OlmoEarth v1.1
  3. OlmoEarth v1 (Nano, Tiny, Base, Large)

How to run it

On your own serverWeights are downloaded from Hugging Face and served with vLLM (load and API) or llama.cpp (modest hardware). The model then runs in a closed network with no per-request fees.Hugging Face
How much hardware you needCalculate the VRAM for the model size, context length and number of concurrent requests.Open the hardware calculator

I can set this up end to end: pick the model size, deploy it on your server and connect it to your systems.

Frequently asked questions

Can Ai2 OlmoEarth be used in a commercial project?

With conditions. License: OlmoEarth Artifact License: free, including for business, but military use, surveillance and resource extraction (oil, gas, mining) are prohibited. Restrictions vary — region, company revenue, attribution requirements. Have a lawyer check the terms before a commercial launch.

What hardware does Ai2 OlmoEarth need?

At minimum: Laptop or regular PC, up to 8 GB of VRAM — smaller versions. Some versions also run on an ordinary CPU, without a GPU. You can calculate the exact VRAM for your model size and context in the hardware calculator.

Does Ai2 OlmoEarth support Russian?

Language does not matter for this model: it does not work with text.

Where can I download Ai2 OlmoEarth and what does it cost?

The Ai2 OlmoEarth weights are open and free to download. You only pay for the hardware it runs on and for the setup. Source links are at the bottom of this page.

How I deploy it for clients

  1. SelectionI pick the model size for your task and hardware and test it on your examples.
  2. DeploymentI deploy it on your server or in a closed network and provide an API.
  3. Fine-tuningI fine-tune it on your data (LoRA) or connect a knowledge base — whichever is cheaper for the task.
  4. IntegrationI connect it to your CRM, ERP, bot, website or team chat and set up monitoring.

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Details

Source: huggingface.co/allenai/OlmoEarth-v1_2-Base/blob/main/LICENSE.txt. Data checked against the model card on 22 Sep 2026. Have a lawyer review the license before commercial launch.