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Interesting Reports & Research on Foodtech Sector and Next Gen Food Outlook

Funding in the Foodtech sector has grown at a +53% compounded annual rate (CAGR) since 2011, according to a new report from global venture capital fund White Star Capital. Deal volume has grown +27% CAGR over the same time period. White Star notes the Foodtech ecosystem is maturing with a large number of IPO and …

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Agriculture Continues Rapid Adoption of Artificial Intelligence

Agriculture businesses are increasing their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) to a greater degree than any other industry aside from insurance, even as a majority say they are concerned that other countries are becoming more advanced than the U.S. in the fields of AI development and implementation. That’s according to the third annual RELX Emerging …

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Is this Agriculture’s Next Great Tool?

While digital tools and the data collected from sensors, spreadsheets and GPS struggle to fully capture agriculture’s complexity, Alphabet’s X lab, the former Google division that launched the Waymo self-driving car unit has unveiled “Mineral”, a computational agriculture project working to take agriculture to the next level. “Mineral” is looking to change the current standardized …

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