Electric Plant exits stealth with $11.2 million and an AI model to read plants
Electric Plant Company, a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2023, emerged from stealth with $11.2 million in seed funding led by Onto Ventures and Climactic. Its AI model, Bombadil, was trained on more than 4 million hours of electrical recordings from over 1,400 plants of 100 species and estimates seven physiological stress markers. Its Bud sensor is installed in the cambium of woody-stemmed plants and costs tens of dollars per unit.
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- The $11.2 million seed round was led by Onto Ventures and Climactic, with participation from Ponderosa, Endeavor Catalyst, Ludlow, Michigan Rise, The Fund, Schox VC and Dug Song.
- Bombadil was trained without labels on more than 4 million hours of recordings from over 1,400 plants of 100 species; the company says its corpus has grown to 7 million hours.
- The Bud sensor measures electrical changes in microvolts in the cambium and sends data to the cloud; according to the company, a couple of sensors per acre are enough.
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