Farzi Yusufali

Co-founder & CEO, Stratum AI

MiningTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2025

Farzi Yusufali co-founded Stratum AI in 2020 and is its CEO. The Toronto company applies deep learning to drill-core and production data so miners can model where minerals sit between drill holes, cutting drilling cost. Its software is deployed across 18 mines in 10 countries. She spoke at TechTO in August 2025.

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How to Build a Startup in Mining & AI | Farzi Yusufali

TechTO · August 2025

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If I keep my employees happy, they'll keep my customers happy because I can't do everything.

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Quick answers

What does Stratum AI do?

It applies deep learning to drill-core and production data to build more accurate ore-body and reserve models than standard geostatistical interpolation. The platform is called SAIGE and is commodity-agnostic, starting with copper and gold.

Who founded Stratum AI?

Farzi Yusufali and Daniel Mogilny, in April 2020. Yusufali is now CEO and a board member; Mogilny is a board advisor.

Who backs Stratum AI?

Y Combinator, which lists the company in its directory, and Two Small Fish Ventures, which lists it in its portfolio.

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