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title: Eric Schoffstall | Plaza Docs
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2 posts by Eric Schoffstall

## [Plaza: The Geospatial Layer for AI](/blog/plaza-geospatial-layer-for-ai-agents/index.md)

Mar 30, 2026

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[Eric Schoffstall](https://contra.io)

[Founder, Plaza](https://contra.io)

Every AI agent that interacts with the physical world needs geospatial data. Most of them are calling APIs that weren’t designed for this.

**Tags:**

- [ai](/blog/tags/ai/index.md)
- [agents](/blog/tags/agents/index.md)
- [mcp](/blog/tags/mcp/index.md)
- [function-calling](/blog/tags/function-calling/index.md)

## [Introducing Plaza](/blog/introducing-plaza/index.md)

Mar 20, 2026

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[Eric Schoffstall](https://contra.io)

[Founder, Plaza](https://contra.io)

We built Plaza because the geospatial API market is broken. Here’s why we’re fixing it.

**Tags:**

- [announcement](/blog/tags/announcement/index.md)
- [launch](/blog/tags/launch/index.md)