Electric Plant raises $11.2M seed round to commercialize Bombadil, an AI model that interprets plant electrical signals
Electric Plant, a startup co-founded by CEO Justin Mast and neuroscientist Lee von Kraus, raised an $11.2 million seed round led by Onto Ventures and Climactic. The company is commercializing low-cost plant-mounted sensors and Bombadil, a model trained on electrical signals from about 125 plant species. The goal is to give growers real-time information on plant needs such as watering and fertilization. The article is business and product news and describes no security incident, vulnerability or threat activity.
Technical Details
The sensors attach to a plant with stainless steel screws that penetrate the cambium to read microvolt changes. They send data over a low-power wireless network to a base station, and Bombadil interprets it in the cloud. The company says it needs only a couple of sensors per acre and claims the system can cut water use by 20% or more while boosting yields. Mast says the sensors cost tens of dollars, versus thousands for existing tools.
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Electric Plant raises $11.2M seed round to commercialize Bombadil, an AI model that interprets plant electrical signals
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Electric Plant, a startup co-founded by CEO Justin Mast and neuroscientist Lee von Kraus, raised an $11.2 million seed round led by Onto Ventures and Climactic. The company is commercializing low-cost plant-mounted sensors and Bombadil, a model trained on electrical signals from about 125 plant species. The goal is to give growers real-time information on plant needs such as watering and fertilization. The article is business and product news and describes no security incident, vulnerability or threat activity.
Technical Details
The sensors attach to a plant with stainless steel screws that penetrate the cambium to read microvolt changes. They send data over a low-power wireless network to a base station, and Bombadil interprets it in the cloud. The company says it needs only a couple of sensors per acre and claims the system can cut water use by 20% or more while boosting yields. Mast says the sensors cost tens of dollars, versus thousands for existing tools.