Topic: agricultural technology
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Build a Bold AI Startup: Embrace Risk, Defy Norms
The AI startup landscape is intensely crowded and competitive, with thousands of new companies emerging and securing significant funding, yet facing brutal challenges from tech giants and market saturation. Bindwell, founded by teenagers like Navvye Anand, exemplifies how AI is accelerating innov...
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Kering-backed Mirova invests $30.5M in Varaha for regenerative farming
Mirova, a French climate-focused investment firm, has invested $30.5 million in Indian startup Varaha to expand its regenerative agriculture program, benefiting small-scale farmers in northern India. The investment is structured to provide cash in exchange for a share of future carbon credits, ma...
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Monarch Tractor Warns of Layoffs and Potential Shutdown
Monarch Tractor has warned of potential permanent layoffs for over 100 employees and possible company shutdown, as revealed in an internal memo due to financial instability. The company, which raised $220 million in venture capital, is shifting from manufacturing autonomous tractors to focusing o...
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AI Model Identifies Plants with Precision
Carbon Robotics has developed a Large Plant Model (LPM), an AI trained on over 150 million images that can instantly identify plant species, eliminating the need for lengthy manual retraining of its robotic weeders. The system allows farmers to instruct robots in real-time to target new weeds wit...
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