Keep pulling the thread on Seb Boyer.
The Haber-Bosch process, used to produce fertilizer, is responsible for almost 2% of global CO2 emissions.
Over the past 12 to 18 months, the indoor farming industry has experienced a significant downturn, with a lot of bankruptcies.
FarmWise's first product is a mechanical weeding implement that uses cameras, computers, and small blades to remove weeds without chemicals.
FarmWise has built a proprietary dataset of nearly one billion individual plant images to train its computer vision models.
FarmWise is actively working on partnerships with agricultural OEMs to integrate its software stack and data capture systems into other farming machines.
Weights and Biases is an MLOps platform used by companies including OpenAI and NVIDIA.
In 1900, approximately 40% of the population was involved in food production, whereas today that number is around 2%.
Corn yield per acre has increased by a factor of 5 to 6 between 1900 and 2020.
Seb Boyer predicts that AI and robotics will have as much of an impact on farm productivity as past technological revolutions.
Seb Boyer believes there is currently no conclusive data to determine whether GMOs are harmful or safe.
Seb Boyer believes indoor farms will likely be confined to specific niches, such as growing produce in the Middle East or fresh raspberries in New York City during winter.
Seb Boyer believes vertical farming will be a "tough sell" for most of the market.