CANADA - Precision farming company raises $20M to deploy herbicide-spraying AI drone swarms [DroneDJ, May 2021]

Title:

Precision farming company raises $20M to deploy herbicide-spraying AI drone swarms

 

Author:

Ishveena Singh

 

Published:

DroneDJ, 6 May 2021

https://dronedj.com/2021/05/06/precision-ai-drone-spraying/

 

From the article:

Canada-based agritech startup Precision AI has raised seed funding of $20 million to help the agriculture industry reduce its chemical footprint. Its solution? Deploying swarms of artificially intelligent drones to reduce the use of herbicides in agriculture dramatically.

 

SOUTH AFRICA- South African startup Aerobotics raises $17M to scale its AI-for-agriculture platform [TechCrunch, 21 January 2021]

Title:

South African startup Aerobotics raises $17M to scale its AI-for-agriculture platform 

 

Author:

Tage Kene-Okafor

 

Published:

TechCrunch, 21 January 2021

https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/21/south-africa-startup-aerobotics-raises-17m-led-by-naspers-foundry/

 

From the article:

As the global agricultural industry stretches to meet expected population growth and food demand, and food security becomes more of a pressing issue with global warming, a startup out of South Africa is using artificial intelligence to help farmers manage their farms, trees, and fruits.