PerPlant, a Copenhagen-based AgTech company, raised €1 million to expand its AI-driven precision spraying technology. The system mounts on tractors and uses high-resolution cameras and machine learning to detect weeds in real time, applying herbicides only where needed. This approach reduces chemical use by up to 90% and can cut fertilizer use by 30% for an average 200-hectare farm. The technology provides centimeter-level precision, outperforming satellite imagery resolution and typical drone coverage. PerPlant’s AI also creates plant-level transparency that supports documented sustainability and helps farmers respond to regulatory pressure. The system has mapped over 200,000 hectares across Europe.
"PerPlant's real-time AI scanning system mounts onto tractors, using high-resolution cameras and machine learning to detect weeds and apply herbicides only where needed. Unlike traditional methods, which often rely on blind or broad-spectrum spraying, PerPlant's technology delivers centimeter-level precision, far surpassing the 10-30 meter resolution of satellite imagery or the coverage of agricultural drones."
"The investment will accelerate the rollout of PerPlant's AI-driven precision spraying technology, which can reduce chemical use by up to 90%, a potential game-changer for farmers facing regulatory pressure and sustainability demands. For an average farmer with 200 hectares, the system can cut herbicide use by 90% and fertilizer by 30%, enough to recoup the investment in a single season."
""Over 90% of the world's farmland operates blindly without precision data. PerPlant's AI creates transparency at the plant level, bridging the gap between economic gains for farmers and consumer demand for documented sustainability.""
""I've always been fascinated by internet, networks and swarms and their ability to connect intelligence across the world. If you see around majority of technologies we use today are all derived from these. We're building PerPlant Nexus with the same philosophy for agriculture." says Sumod Nandanwar, co-founder and CTO, about the technology"
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