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Allen Institute releases OlmoEarth v1.1 with 3x improved computational efficiency for satellite imagery processing

Model release Provisional 92% confidence first seen 19 May 2026, 08:00

Allen Institute (AI2) released OlmoEarth v1.1, an updated family of Earth observation models that reduce computational requirements by up to 3x compared to the previous version by consolidating multi-resolution Sentinel-2 bands into single tokens per patch. The efficiency improvements enable organizations to process larger geographic areas and run planet-scale mapping tasks more frequently and affordably, with faster inference and fine-tuning capabilities.

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19 May, 08:00 OlmoEarth v1.1: A more efficient family of models Allen Institute (AI2) 19 May, 18:38 OlmoEarth v1.1: A more efficient family of Earth observation models Hugging Face Blog official

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Allen Institute releases OlmoEarth v1.1 with 3x improved computational efficiency for satellite imagery processing

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