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Top 20 Startups developing AI for Agriculture
Oct 22, 2024 | By Siddhant Patel | 26 |
These startups create smart agricultural robots, computer vision systems for crop and soil monitoring, AI-based software for predictive analytics.
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Country: USA | Funding: $592.9M
Benson Hill Biosystems helps solve the world's greatest challenges by combining plant biology, data analytics and cloud computing. It uses ML for analyzing crop gene influence.
Benson Hill Biosystems helps solve the world's greatest challenges by combining plant biology, data analytics and cloud computing. It uses ML for analyzing crop gene influence.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $87.5M
Bluewhite equips existing tractors with autonomous technology, an easy-to-use platform, and end-to- end service; supporting growers’ journey to a more profitable and sustainable farm.
Bluewhite equips existing tractors with autonomous technology, an easy-to-use platform, and end-to- end service; supporting growers’ journey to a more profitable and sustainable farm.
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Country: USA | Funding: $78.9M
Carbon Robotics makes advanced robotics dramatically more accessible to help solve some of society's most intractable problems. Carbon Robotics’ revolutionary, high-precision CV approach improves crop yield
Carbon Robotics makes advanced robotics dramatically more accessible to help solve some of society's most intractable problems. Carbon Robotics’ revolutionary, high-precision CV approach improves crop yield
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Country: India | Funding: $46.4M
Cropin provides Farm-Businesses with farm management software and mobile apps, which enable them to do connected, and data driven farming. It helps in remote sensing and weather advisory, scheduling and monitoring farm activities for complete traceability, educating farmers on adoption of right package of practices and inputs, monitoring crop health and harvest estimation, and alerts on pest, diseases etc.
Cropin provides Farm-Businesses with farm management software and mobile apps, which enable them to do connected, and data driven farming. It helps in remote sensing and weather advisory, scheduling and monitoring farm activities for complete traceability, educating farmers on adoption of right package of practices and inputs, monitoring crop health and harvest estimation, and alerts on pest, diseases etc.
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Country: USA | Funding: $34M
Hippo Harvest develops an agriculture technology to help scale sustainable agriculture.
Hippo Harvest develops an agriculture technology to help scale sustainable agriculture.
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Country: USA | Funding: $31.1M
Blue River Technology employs computer vision and robotics technologies to build intelligent solutions for the agricultural industries. Its LettuceBot uses cutting edge computer vision and robotics to identify over 1.5M lettuce plants per hour and act 90 times per second, all with 1/4-inch precision.
Blue River Technology employs computer vision and robotics technologies to build intelligent solutions for the agricultural industries. Its LettuceBot uses cutting edge computer vision and robotics to identify over 1.5M lettuce plants per hour and act 90 times per second, all with 1/4-inch precision.
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Country: South Africa | Funding: $27M
Aerobotics is a data analytics company, using aerial imagery and machine learning algorithms to help farmers identify pest and disease early
Aerobotics is a data analytics company, using aerial imagery and machine learning algorithms to help farmers identify pest and disease early
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Country: Israel | Funding: $22M
Prospera develops computer vision technologies that continuously monitor and analyze plant health, development and stress. Their technology captures climate and visual data from the field and provides actionable insights to growers via mobile and web.
Prospera develops computer vision technologies that continuously monitor and analyze plant health, development and stress. Their technology captures climate and visual data from the field and provides actionable insights to growers via mobile and web.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $10.8M
AgroScout system combines data from multiple sensors: drones, external data from weather, satellite, local sensors; machine learning; and deep learning to accurately and autonomously detect, identify, and monitor diseases in the field.
AgroScout system combines data from multiple sensors: drones, external data from weather, satellite, local sensors; machine learning; and deep learning to accurately and autonomously detect, identify, and monitor diseases in the field.
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Country: USA | Funding: $10.5M
Bonsai Robotics provides vision-based automation solutions for off-road vehicles, such as agricultural machines.
Bonsai Robotics provides vision-based automation solutions for off-road vehicles, such as agricultural machines.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $8M
BloomX develops AI-driven “bio-mimicking technology” where it puts AI alongside mechanical devices to enhance honeybees and their pollination efforts.
BloomX develops AI-driven “bio-mimicking technology” where it puts AI alongside mechanical devices to enhance honeybees and their pollination efforts.
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Country: USA | Funding: $4.5M
Harvest CROO Robotics has developed a robot to help strawberry farmers pick and pack their crops.
Harvest CROO Robotics has developed a robot to help strawberry farmers pick and pack their crops.
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Country: USA | Funding: $4.2M
Avalo is a plant biotech company using AI and evolution to make a more sustainable and resilient food system.
Avalo is a plant biotech company using AI and evolution to make a more sustainable and resilient food system.
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Country: USA | Funding: £2.9M
Fieldwork Robotics makes soft, selective, and autonomous harvesting robots.
Fieldwork Robotics makes soft, selective, and autonomous harvesting robots.
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Country: Serbia | Funding: $1.3M
Agremo is cloud-based software that performs analytics from aerial imagery to provide intelligence for management of agricultural processes.
Agremo is cloud-based software that performs analytics from aerial imagery to provide intelligence for management of agricultural processes.
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Country: Russia
Cognitive Pilot is specializing in the development and use of software for digital economy projects in transport, agriculture, computer vision, and artificial intelligence.
Cognitive Pilot is specializing in the development and use of software for digital economy projects in transport, agriculture, computer vision, and artificial intelligence.
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Country: Ukraine
Drone.UA is the leading integrator of unmanned technologies in the Ukrainian market.
Drone.UA is the leading integrator of unmanned technologies in the Ukrainian market.
