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Monarcha

Monarcha

Summer 2025

An expert for your spatial data

Geographic Information SystemB2BAI

About Company

Monarcha is an AI-powered geospatial platform built for logistics, real estate, urban planning, and environmental teams. It turns natural language into powerful spatial analysis, styling, and workflows with no GIS expertise required. Working with geospatial data today is slow, fragmented, and deeply technical. Simple tasks often require desktop based software and coding expertise. Most platforms rely on outdated desktop software, steep learning curves, and disconnected tools. Even simple tasks like uploading data, running a buffer, or visualizing zones can take hours and require specialists. Monarcha changes that. We connect directly to your data, enrich it with public datasets, understand spatial context, and let you run 50+ spatial tools instantly on the map. Upload vector or raster files, run PostGIS SQL queries, generate heatmaps, clip zones, and more all with a simple prompt. We're giving everyone the power of advanced spatial analysis to help save time, money and unlock siloed geospatial data across entire organizations. Want to learn more? Check out monarcha.ai

Active Founders

James Spokes

James Spokes

Founder

James is a Co-Founder of Monarcha. He holds a B.A. in Sociology from Cornell University and led Cornell Digital Tech & Innovation, the university's largest undergraduate engineering project team. Previously, he designed for Station-F backed startup Loop, and built a multi-agency alerts systems at Mark43, where he was also first exposed to GIS software. He also is an accomplished photographer, having published books and won prizes at the International Photography Awards.

Everett Lee

Everett Lee

Founder

Everett is a Co-Founder of Monarcha. He graduated early from Cornell Engineering with a degree in Computer Science and began a CS master's, before dropping out to build Monarcha. He did research as part of Cornell's AI Innovation Lab under Ayham Boucher, and led Machine Learning Engineering at Cornell Data Science. Previously, Everett worked as an AI Engineer building computer vision models at WEX and as a Data Scientist at Avalara.

Company Facts

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Team Size2
Founded2025
StatusActive