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3.16.2023

Watt It Takes with Allison Wolff, CEO and Co-Founder of Vibrant Planet

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Allison Wolff of Vibrant Planet talks with Emily Kirsch at Powerhouse about the Vibrant Planet platform.

About Vibrant Planet

We believe we can achieve vibrant landscapes, clean water, abundant biodiversity, and safer communities by creating a common operating picture that helps teams and leaders build enduring resilience.

As a public benefit corporation (PBC) fostering positive social and environmental impact is core to our mission. Part of our public benefit is making novel data products available for scientific and educational pursuits through our nonprofit, VP Data Commons.

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10.31.24

Wildfire Hazard Technology Guides Placer County's $1.6B Wildfire Resilience Challenge

Placer County and Vibrant Planet's partnership continues, strengthening local wildfire resilience plans.

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7.16.24

Former Stripe Executive Joins Vibrant Planet, Supporting Expansion into New Verticals

Dan Myers, former Head of Business Operations at Stripe, joins Vibrant Planet to oversee operations as the company launches new community wildfire resilience vertical in the face of increasing wildfire and climate risk.

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7.20.23

Vibrant Planet + Pyrologix Join Forces

Vibrant Planet has merged with Pyrologix, the wildfire analysis research firm, to provide decision-support for optimizing resource deployment to land managers working at all scales.

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10.31.24

Wildfire Hazard Technology Guides Placer County's $1.6B Wildfire Resilience Challenge

Placer County and Vibrant Planet's partnership continues, strengthening local wildfire resilience plans.

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7.16.24

Former Stripe Executive Joins Vibrant Planet, Supporting Expansion into New Verticals

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7.20.23

Vibrant Planet + Pyrologix Join Forces

Vibrant Planet has merged with Pyrologix, the wildfire analysis research firm, to provide decision-support for optimizing resource deployment to land managers working at all scales.

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9.22.22

As Mosquito Fire Burns, Forest Health Partners Deploy New Technology to Help Reduce Wildfire Threats Across 1.5M acres in the Tahoe Region

Land Tender™ uses high resolution imaging and artificial intelligence to modernize planning for forest health treatments

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6.23.22

Netflix, Meta, and Lyft Alumni Launch Vibrant Planet with $17M in Seed Funding to Prevent Catastrophic Wildfire

Vibrant Planet announces a $17M seed round led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund and The Jeremy & Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust.

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1.20.22

Renowned Ecologist Hugh Safford Named Chief Scientist at Vibrant Planet

Vibrant Planet to deploy best available science to protect forests from catastrophic wildfires, fight climate crisis.

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9.22.21

Vibrant Planet Launches First-of-Its-Kind Land Management Tool To Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires in Lake Tahoe Basin and Beyond

The Vibrant Planet platform delivers fire prevention and forest health projects in months, not years.

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4.9.24

Vibrant Planet CEO Allison Wolff recognized on Inc. Magazine’s 2024 Female Founders list

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Allison Wolff recognized for Vibrant Planet's work to track and prevent wildfires and for becoming a government-approved environmental vendor.

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3.26.24

Vibrant Planet uses AI for land mapping and improving climate resiliency

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Vibrant Planet founder and CEO Allison Wolff joins TechCrunch’s Found podcast about using technology to improve land management.

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3.19.24

Placer County adopts digital fire prevention program

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A new effort is underway to help Placer County make land use decisions while keeping wildfire safety in mind.

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4.9.24

Vibrant Planet CEO Allison Wolff recognized on Inc. Magazine’s 2024 Female Founders list

Allison Wolff recognized for Vibrant Planet's work to track and prevent wildfires and for becoming a government-approved environmental vendor.

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3.26.24

Vibrant Planet uses AI for land mapping and improving climate resiliency

Vibrant Planet founder and CEO Allison Wolff joins TechCrunch’s Found podcast about using technology to improve land management.

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3.19.24

Placer County adopts digital fire prevention program

A new effort is underway to help Placer County make land use decisions while keeping wildfire safety in mind.

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12.5.23

COP28 coverage: Interview with Vibrant Planet’s CEO Allison Wolff

Allison Wolff speaks to BBC News about the Vibrant Planet platform during COP28.

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12.1.23

Megafire and New AI/ML Models For Change

Vibrant Planet uses ML & AI models to map forests to help mitigate risk from megafires.

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10.13.23

Why The United States’ Relationship With Wildfire Is Changing

The recent report by the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission recommends a shift from reactive to proactive actions.

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10.11.23

Vibrant Planet is Using Data to Fight Wildfires and Plans Deployments to 15 Million Acres

Vibrant Planet's platform is deployed on about 5 million acres, including the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding watersheds in California, with plans to cover 15 million acres by the end of the year.

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10.5.23

The pitch deck that landed climate startup Vibrant Planet $15 million

Vibrant Planet raises a $15M Series A funding round from backers like Microsoft.

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9.2.23

How Better Tech Could Save Lives in a World of Bigger, Faster, More Devastating Fires

We can already detect fires from space, soon after they start. Here’s why we don’t yet have a nationwide system for alerting us when they do — but could someday.