About

Earth Virtual Expert (EVE) is a Φ-lab initiative advancing foundation models for Earth Observation and Earth Science.

Earth Virtual Expert (EVE)

EVE is a domain-specialized Large Language Model system built on an open-source foundation model and fine-tuned on curated EO and Earth Science corpora. It integrates retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), structured citations, and hallucination-aware evaluation to provide grounded, traceable answers across heterogeneous knowledge sources.

Deployed as a web platform and API, EVE enables natural-language interaction with scientific literature, institutional content, and technical documentation, supporting reliable Earth Intelligence applications.

The project is developed by Pi School, with support from Imperative Space, under ESA Φ-lab.
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Team

Pi School helps organisations achieve real business impact through applied research and practical training.

Founded in 2017 by Marco Trombetti and Isabelle Andrieu, the same duo behind Translated (2000) and Pi Campus (2007), Pi School draws on over two decades of building AI for industry. Translated pioneered AI in professional translation; Pi Campus has since invested in 65 AI startups worldwide, with a portfolio valued at over $2B.

Track record

  • 100+ AI MVPs built
  • 250+ engineers trained
  • €20M+ in EU grants awarded

Pi School leads and contributes to research initiatives funded by the EU, ESA, and other institutions across sectors:

  • DVPS is building multimodal foundation models spanning language, environment, and medicine, backed by €29M in EU funding and €50M in compute.
  • Meetween focuses on speech and AI agents for video conferencing, developed in partnership with Translated, with €7M in funding.
  • SatcomLLM (ESA) is a domain-specific LLM for satellite communications, funded with €400K.
  • Videoloc (FBK) applies AI quality estimation to subtitle generation, funded at €150K.
  • Trallie (NGI Search) turns natural language into structured data using an LLM, funded at €100K.
  • Edith delivers an AI-powered Virtual Human Twin for clinical decision support, funded at €5M.

Imperative Space is a multi-disciplinary media, education, communications, technology and innovation company working across the space sector. Imperative Space’s mission is to support the growth and impact of the sector, especially where it is helping to address global challenges, sustainable development and the furthering of human knowledge.

Imperative Space has worked on projects in Earth Observation, Satcoms, Exploration, Human Spaceflight and Astronomy. Their work ranges across film and multi-media projects, large-scale education and training initiatives, online courses, data visualisation, apps and data platforms, interactive hardware, technical consultancy, strategic communications, design and research.

Partners

Mistral AI is a pioneer company in generative artificial intelligence, empowering the world with the tools to build and benefit from the most transformative technology of our time. The company democratizes AI through high-performance, optimized, and cutting-edge open-source models, products and solutions as well as end-to-end infrastructure with Mistral Compute. Headquartered in France and independent, Mistral AI defends a decentralized and transparent approach to technology, with a strong global presence in the United States, United Kingdom, and Singapore.

Wiley (NYSE: WLY) is a global leader in authoritative content and research intelligence for the advancement of scientific discovery, innovation, and learning. With more than 200 years at the center of the scholarly ecosystem, Wiley combines trusted publishing heritage with AI-powered platforms to transform how knowledge is discovered, accessed, and applied. From individual researchers and students to Fortune 500 R&D teams, Wiley enables the transformation of scientific breakthroughs into real-world impact. From knowledge to impact: Wiley is redefining what's possible in science and learning. Visit us at Wiley.com and Investors.Wiley.com. Follow us on Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram.