The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has taken the world by storm, and the Australian agrifood sector is no exception. As we witness the emergence of innovative products like ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, it's clear that the past 50 years of computer science investment have culminated in a plethora of AI-driven solutions. Andrew Skinner, Director of digital and data systems consultancy firm, More Than Machines, reflects on all things AI and why Australian agriculture is punching above its weight.
A $60 million investment program designed to galvanise the research and adoption of agritech in regional farming areas has been launched by Charles Sturt University, Australia’s largest educator of agricultural students.
Will you be exhibiting, pitching or attending any agritech conferences in 2024? The upcoming calendar provides many opportunities to explore – but there’s one event that’s highlighted, booked and blocked out in my calendar.
For the first time, AgriFutures evokeAG. has selected 10 scaleup businesses* to exhibit in the new Scaleup Station. We catch up with the founders of Whole., Agronomeye, and SwarmFarm Robotics, three of the companies selected, to get their thoughts on growth, evolution, and the one piece of advice they all share in common.
From sustainable wine packaging to a technology turning rice straw waste into bio-asphalt, the innovations and opportunities these 40 startups businesses hold for the future of Australia’s food system are enormous.
Forty local and international startup businesses are gearing up to descend on Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood tech event, AgriFutures evokeAG., with the event’s 2024 Startup Program cohort announced.
Pairtree Intelligence co-founder Hamish Munro is fast running out of voice as he responds to an avalanche of interest from the global launch of agtech innovation, Pairtree Pipes, at the evokeAG. event in Adelaide last month.
Ten Australian growth stage agrifood tech companies have been selected by SVG Ventures|THRIVE to participate in their new Asia-Pacific (APAC) Accelerator program, based out of Melbourne, Victoria.
