Lots of things could fix this, less beam divergence, custom signals processing on multiple returns. But out of the box, it’s this statement does not hold true.

Now owned by John Deere. Goal is 10x reduction in chemicals while doubling yields. We’re deep in ml & robotics and our creations scale across the deere fleet touching most of the arable land in the world.

My latest has substantially improved the company. We're still very independent, employees made great money and now we have a strategic rudder and a patient investor that we didn't have before. In this case, our tech is very critical to their long term strategy.

For the last 100 years John Deere has been giving farming equipment power in the form of diesel engines. The next 100 years will be about giving machines eyes. If machines have eyes, they can do better work. If they can do better work people get higher yields.

Email me at: willy dot p at bluerivert dot com

In the valley you leave the trench and come back to find that all your friends are rich.

No words can alleviate that regret. But if you’re having near misses like this you’re actually really close to something good.

Come make smart things in big machines: http://careers.bluerivertechnology.com

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Agricultural Robotics. Hiring all types of SW Engineers at all levels especially those with the willingness and aptitude to delve into machine learning. We made a machine that reduces herbicide usage by 95% and dramatically lessens the necessity for GMO's.

Write SW for machines that are 50 feet wide and learn to drive a huge tractor while you're doing it. You'll save farmers a lot of money and keep the rivers blue while you're doing it.

These listings are suggestive but Python and / or C++ preferred: http://careers.bluerivertechnology.com

Cheers, Willy

At first I thought this was an onion article. It turns out they're serious.

The way the Valley generally thinks of ag is completely broken and I highly recommend avoiding Valley people if you want to learn about it. "Fully automated" is a thing people who've never farmed before assume is possible and assume people who farm want.

There is a lot of value on the table in ag tech. Depending on what your objectives are, I recommend having as many face to face / dirty boots meetings w/ growers as you can. Understand the realities and nuance of their day to day and find a place where you can make their lives better. Ignore the sensational articles. Most "ag-tech" companies are comically detached from the realities of their intended customers.

If your goal is to grow things then follow the above advice w/ 10x the emphasis. Happy to help further. Contact in profile.