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Business Development Manager

Terra AI · Redwood City Office · On-site

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About Terra AI

A geoscience frontier company building AI to accelerate subsurface resource development for a clean energy future. Backed by Khosla.

About the role

Build and develop Terra AI’s commercial presence across the mineral exploration ecosystem Identify, prioritize, and engage high-value exploration companies, operators, and strategic partners

What they're looking for

  • Significant experience in business development, partnerships, commercial strategy, or related market-facing roles
  • Strong commercial judgment and ability to manage complex external relationships
  • Ability to help build structure, process, and accountability in evolving commercial environments
  • Experience supporting pipeline development and measurable commercial initiatives
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Comfort navigating evolving priorities within technical environments and learning complex subject matter quickly
More about this role

Terra AI is building a new category at the intersection of artificial intelligence, geoscience, and critical resource development.

As global demand for copper, lithium, nickel, rare earth elements, geothermal energy, and other strategic resources accelerates, the mining and subsurface industries face a growing challenge: traditional exploration methods remain slow, expensive, and highly uncertain. Terra AI was founded to help solve this problem by redefining how critical resources are discovered, evaluated, and developed.

By combining advanced machine learning, probabilistic modeling, and deep geoscience expertise, Terra AI helps exploration and mining companies make faster, more informed subsurface decisions with greater confidence and capital efficiency. The company’s platform integrates geological, geophysical, and drilling data into intelligent systems designed to improve targeting accuracy, accelerate discovery timelines, and reduce exploration risk.

Backed by leading investors including Khosla Ventures and working alongside strategic industry partners including Rio Tinto, Ero Copper, and Ramaco Resources, Terra AI is emerging as one of the more closely watched AI-native...

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