Ecosystem
What the lab has built so far
Each project tests part of the layer against real ecosystems, registries and readers. Together they are the groundwork for the first full release.
- Live
Overshoot
A planetary atlas of material flows. It traces extraction, trade, use and waste by place and material, with the source behind each figure.
- Active
Regen AI
Joint venture with Regen Network — AI-powered environmental analysis and blockchain ecocredit infrastructure.
- In Development
Fundacion Batis
Blue carbon credit platform for Colombian mangrove restoration, powered by satellite analysis and MRV.
- Active
KOI Knowledge Network
Knowledge Organization Infrastructure — federated semantic search across regenerative ecology data. Built with BlockScience.
- Complete
Regen IRL Grants
$888 micro-grants for maximally regenerative on-the-ground projects, assessed by AI agents for Planetary Return on Investment.
- Active
The Gaian Times
AI-curated news platform drawing from 90+ sources — rewilding, clean energy, indigenous wisdom, and the emerging Symbiocene.
- Active
Policy & Advocacy
Sharing the regenerative AI vision with international institutions, demonstrating how intelligent systems can serve planetary health.
Partners & Collaborators
Build With Gaia
Let's build the regenerative economy together
We partner with carbon registries, conservation foundations, MRV providers, and climate funds to deploy AI-powered environmental monitoring and verification at scale.
Design partners get the first agents built around their own data. Investors can reach the founders at the same address.
Carbon Registries
Accelerate credit issuance with AI-powered MRV and satellite analysis.
Conservation Foundations
Build blue and green carbon platforms for your restoration projects.
Climate Funds & Investors
Data-driven PROI analysis for regenerative investment decisions.
MRV Providers
Integrate AI verification into your monitoring, reporting, and verification workflows.
Early-Stage Investors
Follow the lab from research preview to the first full release of the layer.
Gaia IRL
Micro-grants for maximum PROI
Gaia IRL distributes micro-grants to on-the-ground regenerative projects. Each proposal is assessed by Gaia's agentic board for Planetary Return on Investment — directing resources to where they create the most ecological impact per dollar.
- Grant Rounds
- 3
- Total Funded
- $2,442
- Proposals Assessed
- 14+
- PROI Metric
- Active
$777GAIA IRL IIFeb 2025
AYOWECCA Uganda — Regenerative Agriculture
Selected from 14 proposals by Gaia's agentic board. AYOWECCA runs a Two Million Tree Planting Program, restoring wetlands, planting fruit trees in 64 schools and 40 health centers, and raising 50,000 seedlings. Direct land remediation with cascading community impact.
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$888Regen IRLAug 2025
Regen IRL — Global Grants Competition
Joint initiative with Regen Network awarding $888 in $REGEN to the project with the highest Planetary Return on Investment. Winners receive AI toolkit support: remote sensing analysis, best-practice insights, and an outcomes reporting assistant.
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$777GAIA IRL IJan 2025
GAIA IRL I — First Micro-Grant
The inaugural Gaia IRL grant — $777 distributed to the community member assessed as driving the highest Planetary Return on Investment. Kickstarted the on-the-ground regenerative grants program.
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