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Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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Post by guessmyname »

ilyaeck wrote: post #65
guessmyname wrote: post #46

Just yesterday I got invited to interview at AgriTask [1]. > An AG-management platform that turns agriculture data into smart tools for planning and decision making. I don’t know much about them aside from this line from one of their recruiters; check them out if you want. By the way, they are hiring a couple of remote workers if anyone is interested. [1] https://www.agritask.com/

Source/go-to link? The website doesn't seem to mention any hiring.

I don’t have a linkable source because I was invited via email by one of their recruiters.

However, if you search the name of the company along with the word “hiring” it returns the following:

• https://www.peersight.in/job/agritask-software-engineer

Although it seems that the job has already been fulfilled, according to this post on LinkedIn:

• https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1073965883/

Which is weird because they contacted me less than 24 hours ago.

Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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Post by wuunderbar »

davidhunter wrote: post #20

I am the founder of Optimal: http://optimal.ag . We are a team of engineers and scientists from DeepMind, Palantir, Oxford and MIT. Our mission is to grow safer, healthier food by deploying fully autonomous greenhouses outside every city on earth. We are backed by leading deep technology funds, including Founders Fund. We believe that high-tech greenhouses will be an important part of our agricultural future, for imp…

> Our mission is to grow safer, healthier food by deploying fully autonomous greenhouses outside every city on earth.

How exactly is food grown from autonomous greenhouses than traditional greenhouses safer and healthier? Or, alternatively, how is it safer and healthier if it is grown right outside of the cities in which in supply?

Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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ShMcK wrote: post #80

I'm an application developer at Semios (Vancouver, BC). Semios has one of the largest IoT networks in agriculture to gather and analyze data to help farmers drive data-driven solutions. The network collects micro-climate data to predict disease and pest risk, alert growers of risks in real-time, and help improve water efficiency. We have a complex stack composed of hardware, embedded, applications, data engineers and…

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Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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Post by elasticventures »

http://growbot.online (GrowPotBot) YC W2018 is an open source positronic (AI) aeroponic residential and lightweight industrial gardening appliance.

the tech stack fits into multiple platforms, we spent the last few years in China and Malaysia understanding value engineering, manufacturing logistics.

we're hoping to ship in major retailers starting in 2020 with an incredibly low we're hoping to make them so cheap we can nearly give them away and make indoor urban farming "a thing" before climate change really kicks into full gear and destroys outdoor gardens.

positronic "closed loop" garden, happy to share what we're working on with other like minded people and collaborating with other growers internationally on open-data standards for storing this data and compiled models.

Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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Post by wanderingNewfie »

ShMcK wrote: post #80

I'm an application developer at Semios (Vancouver, BC). Semios has one of the largest IoT networks in agriculture to gather and analyze data to help farmers drive data-driven solutions. The network collects micro-climate data to predict disease and pest risk, alert growers of risks in real-time, and help improve water efficiency. We have a complex stack composed of hardware, embedded, applications, data engineers and…

and we're hiring! https://semios.com/jobs/

Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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Post by groby_b »

aussiegreenie wrote: post #73
davidhunter wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

High-tech Dutch greenhouses are our base class. We are working very closely with operators in The Netherlands currently.

Wageningen is the world's leading Agtech university. I just returned 2 weeks ago and the 2025 European Food production estimates are ugly, dairy down 30%, potatoes down, onions down, maize, wheat and other cereals down a lot. Basically, Europen food is in trouble.

This seems to be contrary to what the EU's ag outlook report from 2018[1] is saying.

What changed in the last year? And do you have any sources (i.e. studies) that support that point?

[1] https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/food-farming-fish...

Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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Post by relaunched »

davidhunter wrote: post #20

I am the founder of Optimal: http://optimal.ag . We are a team of engineers and scientists from DeepMind, Palantir, Oxford and MIT. Our mission is to grow safer, healthier food by deploying fully autonomous greenhouses outside every city on earth. We are backed by leading deep technology funds, including Founders Fund. We believe that high-tech greenhouses will be an important part of our agricultural future, for imp…

I've long been fascinated by this space. From the farm ERP system / IoT, autonomous vehicles in ag, to vertical farms, hydroponics, aquaponics, etc. I'd love to learn more about what you are doing.

Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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Post by sampo »

pkaye wrote: post #77
aussiegreenie wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wageningen is the world's leading Agtech university. I just returned 2 weeks ago and the 2025 European Food production estimates are ugly, dairy down 30%, potatoes down, onions down, maize, wheat and other cereals down a lot. Basically, Europen food is in trouble.

What is the reason for this? Does the same problem exist in US, Canada, etc?

Europe is very hostile to gene technology in plant breeding. A lot of the technologies developed after the 1970s are banned in plant breeding (while they are allowed in medical industries). European legislation also regards CRISPR editing as GMO, and most GMOs are effectively banned in Europe. In America, GMOs are typically allowed, and in America CRISPS editing is not regarded as GMO.

If you are a plant breeding scientist, you can either work in Europe with your hands tied behind your back, or move somewhere else and innovate more freely.

I am sure there are other equally important reasons, but this is one.

Re: Ask HN: Agriculture startups doing interesting work?

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Post by thatcat »

elasticventures wrote: post #95

http://growbot.online (GrowPotBot) YC W2018 is an open source positronic (AI) aeroponic residential and lightweight industrial gardening appliance. the tech stack fits into multiple platforms, we spent the last few years in China and Malaysia understanding value engineering, manufacturing logistics. we're hoping to ship in major retailers starting in 2020 with an incredibly low we're hoping to make them so cheap we c…

Sounds like a very promising venture. I like that you're willing to share the data and are offering an intelligence unit.

Have you thought of implementing experimental designs at scale? like you're intelligence unit could organize large scale controlled experiments on possible improvements in technique/process/genetics with willing participants. Since all the systems are controlled, closed loop, and use the same equipment a lot of variance that is present in typical ag experiments would be avoided. This combined with a high number of participants to replicate the experiment could offer a robust platform for rapid improvement via citizen science.

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