Google-backed AI startup Cropin wants to predict future of food

A worker picks navel oranges during a harvest at a farm in Leeton, Australia. As the world’s population explodes and food security concerns increase, generative AI and large language models have the potential to transform modern agriculture in a climate-impacted world. — Bloomberg

Food and agriculture AI startup Cropin Technology Solutions has unveiled a real-time intelligence solution to forecast future yields for 13 vital crops as artificial intelligence helps overcome bottlenecks in the farming industry.

The Bangalore-headquartered company unveiled Sage, powered by Alphabet Inc’s Google Gemini AI model, which converts the world’s agricultural landscape into a proprietary grid-based map and then delivers precise predictive intelligence based on historical data. Decision-makers can ask questions about crop performance and life cycle in their native language and get information on productivity, climate, farm practices and soil for the 13 crops that account for 80% of global food demand.