Electric Plant raises $11.2M to build Bombadil, an AI model for plant signals
AIElectric Plant raised an $11.2 million seed round led by Onto Ventures and Climactic to commercialize its plant sensors and Bombadil model. The model interprets electrical signals from about 125 plant species, and the startup says its sensors cost tens of dollars rather than thousands.
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The article explains how plant electrical signals feed a model that could guide watering and fertilizing, a useful example of applying AI to agriculture and forestry.
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TechCrunch · AI · Tim De Chant · techcrunch.comPublished · added here
Original title: Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language