About Us

We deliver precise

practical solutions.

We believe the future of farming lies at the intersection of tradition and innovation. We're redefining autonomy to build the farm of the future. 

OUR MISSION

To cultivate a future of efficiency, sustainability, and profitability through data-driven decisions, the power of AI, and dynamic technology solutions for farming's biggest challenges.

OUR VISION

A pathway to the farm of the future, where sustainability and profitability go hand in hand, where humanity is a net positive to nature, and where agriculture is a regenerative, circular economy. 

OUR STORY

Empowering the Future of Farming:

Today, FarmX stands as a comprehensive autonomous farming solution. Our integrated services are managed through a single FarmX application accessible anytime, anywhere. We’ve embraced the role of perpetual guardians of your fields, capturing data day and night, season after season, to optimize crop yields, conserve resources, and mitigate threats.

Seamless Automation:

As we delved deeper into the world of agriculture, we realized that data was only part of the equation. Responding effectively to this data required automation, especially in the face of a looming labor crisis. In 2018, we seamlessly integrated an automated valve control system into our software, enabling remote and automated irrigation management.

Merging for Scalable Solutions:

Recognizing the need for even more precise and scalable solutions, we took a significant step in 2019 by merging with WaterBit, pioneers in wireless micro-block water valve technology. This union empowered us to develop a fully autonomous irrigation system adaptable to fields of any size, setting new benchmarks for precision in agriculture.

A Game-Changing Merger:

In 2022, FarmX achieved another milestone by merging with AutoModality, a global leader in end-to-end fully-autonomous software for robots and drones. This strategic partnership empowered us to transform our software insights into swift action, enabling us to address emerging problems before they could wreak havoc on crops.

OUR TEAM

Our visionary team of growers, agronomists, and technologists bring a decade of autonomy experience, over 300 years combined experience in software development, and 75 years combined experience in agriculture and ag-related businesses. 

Tushar DavE
Chief Executive Officer

Founding Chairman & CEO of Enlighted (acquired by Seimens). Grew business to over $70M in 3 years. VP of Business Development at M&A with over $20B transacted.

Premal Ashar
Chief Operating Officer
Founder & CEO of Nuro Technologies, co-founder of Enlighted (acquired by Siemens). Experienced in development & expansion of intelligent IoT products and businesses leveraging ML and AI technologies. Holds over 25 patents.

Robin Woodby
Chief Technical Officer
Co-founder of FarmX. Software innovator. Full-stack data architect. with 10+ years experience leading dev teams.

Tushar Davé
Chief Executive Officer

Founding Chairman & CEO of Enlighted (acquired by Seimens). Grew business to over $70M in 3 years. VP of Business Development at M&A with over $20B transacted.

Premal Ashar
Chief Operating Officer

Founder & CEO of Nuro Technologies, co-founder of Enlighted (acquired by Siemens). Experienced in development & expansion of intelligent IoT products and businesses leveraging ML and AI technologies. Holds over 25 patents.

Ed Koch, Phd
Chief Technology Officer

30+ years leading control systems engineering teams, specializing in distributed control & autonomous systems. MS in Electrical Engineering. Co-founder/CTO of Akuacom (acquired by Honeywell) where he served as Senior Fellow for 4 years. Holds over 20 patents.

Leif Chastaine
EVP, Commercialization

18+ years experience in agtech and innovation. Co-founder & CEO of WaterBit (acquired by FarmX). Strategic advisor & expert in precision ag, sustainable practices, and product commercialization.

Dan Hennage

VP, Robotics

VP, Robotics

Pioneer Roboticist. Founded and led product development at SAT, Coactive Networks, and Akuacom, Inc., which was acquired by Honeywell in 2010. Background in embedded systems, real-time enterprise applications, and distributed control.

Robin Woodby
VP, Robotics

FarmX co-founder. Software innovator. Full-stack data architect with 10+ years experience leading development teams.

Tushar Davé
Chief Executive Officer

Founding Chairman & CEO of Enlighted (acquired by Seimens). Grew business to over $70M in 3 years. VP of Business Development at M&A with over $20B transacted.

Premal Ashar
Chief Operating Officer

Founder & CEO of Nuro Technologies, co-founder of Enlighted (acquired by Siemens). Experienced in development & expansion of intelligent IoT products and businesses leveraging ML and AI technologies. Holds over 25 patents.

Ed Koch, Phd
Chief Technology Officer

Tushar Davé
Chief Executive Officer

Founding Chairman & CEO of Enlighted (acquired by Seimens). Grew business to over $70M in 3 years. VP of Business Development at M&A with over $20B transacted.

Premal Ashar
Chief Operating Officer

Founder & CEO of Nuro Technologies, co-founder of Enlighted (acquired by Siemens). Experienced in development & expansion of intelligent IoT products and businesses leveraging ML and AI technologies. Holds over 25 patents.

Ed Koch, Phd
Chief Technology Officer

Dan Hennage

VP, Robotics

VP, Robotics

Robin Woodby
VP, Robotics

FarmX co-founder. Software innovator. Full-stack data architect with 10+ years experience leading development teams.

With decades of robotics experience, PhD engineers, and expertise from MIT, Harvard, and CMU, our team is revolutionizing the way mobile robotic systems sense and navigate. We're solving the most difficult navigation, mission planning, and data collection problems using advanced perception and on-board AI to put robotic vehicles in the most dynamic, complicated environments.

Yunpeng Li
Director of Cloud Development
PhD in Mechanical Engineering. 15+ years experience in CAD/CAM/PLM product management, autonomous vehicle mission planning and fleet management software development, cloud computing and data analytics. Certified new product development professional, project management professional, and remote pilot of unmanned aircraft systems. ASME member and IEEE Senior Member.

Alireza Janani

Senior Perception Engineer

PhD in Multi Robotics Systems and Swarm Robotics. 12 years experience in perception engineering, computer vision, and software development.

Amir Rubin

Perception Engineer

20+ years in robotics engineering. Developed and commercialized unique computer vision products, including vision-guided drones and the first handheld, colorized lidar mapping system.

J. Kent Levin

Director of Product, Autonomy

Hardik Singh

Robotics Engineer

Ian McMurray

Robotics Engineer

Marisa Hoosen

Robotics Engineer

Emily Viveros

Robotics Operator, Pilot, & Test Engineer

Robert Frick

Mechanical Designer

Peter Chow

Network/Build Engineer

Marcelo Pereira

Electrical Engineering Technician

Aaryan Redkar

Assoc. Robotics Engineer

Our team of engineers, agronomists, and technologists bring over 75 years combined experience in ag-related technology development and business.

Sebastian Braum

Director of Agronomy

PhD in Soil Science. Certified Crop Advisor. Detailed expertise in specialty crops, irrigation, and nutrient & soil management

Ken Kuwata, Phd

Director of Engineering

PhD in satellite data analysis and application development, Expert in satellite remote sensint for agricultural monitoring. Developing crop yield prediction and irrigation optimization by integrating ML algorithms with IoT sensor data analysis.

George Scolaro

Director, Hardware Engineering

40+ years of hardware, firmware, and system design experience. VP of Hardware Design Engineering at Nuro Technologies for 8 years.

Josh Villyard

Embedded Software Engineer

Alex Kolstad

Software Engineer

Ross Slaney

Software Engineer

Dan Bradford

Field Operations Manager

Evan Pope

Regional Sales Manager

Dwight Foster

Head of Strategic Accounts

Jennifer Martinez

Customer Service Manager

Our in-house technology

Global leaders in autonomy and high-fidelity data solutions

Proven technology from industry-leading experts

We've patented a novel method for a mobile robotic system to perceive and navigate in an environment using only features detected by onboard sensors. This is accomplished using a world model consisting of geocoded and semantically labeled features. We also patented a novel method for collecting, labeling, and presenting the sensor data used to create these world models.

PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES

Perceptive Navigation™

8 patents, 1 patent pending
Exhaustive and defensible portfolio of IP for robotic navigation
Enables autonomous robotics operations in GPS denied areas
Methods for a mobile system to perceive and navigate using features detected by onboard sensors
Methods for collecting, labeling, and presenting the sensor data used for the navigation model

Soil Sensing

Agronomy & Irrigation

IoT Systems

PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES

Perceptive Navigation™

8 patents, 1 patent pending
Exhaustive and defensible portfolio of IP for robotic navigation
Enables autonomous robotics operations in GPS denied areas
Methods for collecting, labeling, and presenting the sensor data used for the navigation model
Methods for collecting, labeling, and presenting the sensor data used for the navigation model

Soil Sensing

ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES

our autonomy stack empowers OEM partners to evolve into solutions providers for growers

Combining our in-field grower solutions and autonomy stack, our unified UI empowers OEM partners to deliver a complete autonomous farm solution to growers.

We're merging technologies to create a unified platform, integrating our grower-facing FarmMap software with Mission Control. We'll connect growers to actionable in-field data through a single sign-on, while maintaining full feature set and diverse use cases.

With our unified platform, growers can monitor, manage, control, and automate all aspects of their operations.

Diverse In-field data and imagery drives a rich, real-time data set
Data analyzed and visualized into actionable insights with powerful AI/ML engines and predictive algorithms
Actionable recommendations presented to conserve resources, increase productivity, and promote crop yield
Automation of labor-intensive tasks, irrigation, and vehicles

Our unified data platform includes:

Data Collection

imaging
fleet data
Operator/Pilot Management
in-field sensing
soil moisture
water pressure & flow
weather
crop health

Data Visualization

Task Execution and Automation

task execution
irrigation
scouting
spraying
mowing
autonomy enabled by Perceptive Navigation
edge computing

Data Management & Analysis

multi-variable irrigation monitoring & control
anomaly detection
crop stress
growth analysis
soil percolation
frost prediction
yield prediction
irrigation uniformity

Planning & Recommendations

Combining our in-field grower solutions and autonomy stack, our unified UI empowers OEM partners to deliver a complete autonomous farm solution to growers.

With our unified platform, growers can monitor, manage, control, and automate all aspects of their operations.

Diverse In-field data and imagery drives a rich, real-time data set
Data analyzed and visualized into actionable insights with powerful AI/ML engines and predictive algorithms
Actionable recommendations presented to conserve resources, increase productivity, and promote crop yield
Automation of labor-intensive tasks, irrigation, and vehicles

Our unified data platform includes:

Data Collection

imaging
fleet data
Operator/Pilot Management
in-field sensing
soil moisture
water pressure & flow
weather
crop health

Data Visualization

Task Execution and Automation

task execution
irrigation
scouting
spraying
mowing
autonomy enabled by Perceptive Navigation
edge computing

Data Management & Analysis

multi-variable irrigation monitoring & control
anomaly detection
crop stress
growth analysis
soil percolation
frost prediction
yield prediction
irrigation uniformity

Planning & Recommendations

Combining our in-field grower solutions and autonomy stack, our unified UI empowers OEM partners to deliver a complete autonomous farm solution to growers.

With our unified platform, growers can monitor, manage, control, and automate all aspects of their operations.

Diverse In-field data and imagery drives a rich, real-time data set
Data analyzed and visualized into actionable insights with powerful AI/ML engines and predictive algorithms
Actionable recommendations presented to conserve resources, increase productivity, and promote crop yield
Automation of labor-intensive tasks, irrigation, and vehicles

Our unified data platform includes:

Data Collection

imaging
fleet data
Operator/Pilot Management
in-field sensing
soil moisture
water pressure & flow
weather
crop health

Data Visualization

Task Execution and Automation

task execution
irrigation
scouting
spraying
mowing
autonomy enabled by Perceptive Navigation
edge computing

Data Management & Analysis

multi-variable irrigation monitoring & control
anomaly detection
crop stress
growth analysis
soil percolation
frost prediction
yield prediction
irrigation uniformity

Planning & Recommendations

Combining our in-field grower solutions and autonomy stack, our unified UI empowers OEM partners to deliver a complete autonomous farm solution to growers.

With our unified platform, growers can monitor, manage, control, and automate all aspects of their operations.

Diverse In-field data and imagery drives a rich, real-time data set
Data analyzed and visualized into actionable insights with powerful AI/ML engines and predictive algorithms
Actionable recommendations presented to conserve resources, increase productivity, and promote crop yield
Automation of labor-intensive tasks, irrigation, and vehicles

Our unified data platform includes:

Data Collection

imaging
fleet data
Operator/Pilot Management
in-field sensing
soil moisture
water pressure & flow
weather
crop health

Data Visualization

Task Execution and Automation

task execution
irrigation
scouting
spraying
mowing
autonomy enabled by Perceptive Navigation
edge computing

Data Management & Analysis

multi-variable irrigation monitoring & control
anomaly detection
crop stress
growth analysis
soil percolation
frost prediction
yield prediction
irrigation uniformity

Planning & Recommendations

ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES

our autonomy stack empowers OEM partners to evolve into solutions providers for growers

Next Generation Soil Moisture Sensing

We've created the most innovative soil moisture probe on the market, the Osmo™.

Using proprietary sensing technology, the Osmo™ thrives in all types of soil, and accurately provides real-time data through our mobile app.

Osmo™ Top Features:

Volumetric sensing up to 48 cubic feet (200x more than any other sensor)
Vertical flux (percolation) measurement
Accurate in all soil types, including clay, sand, and loam
Greater sensing volume and more accurate than a neutron probe
Low cost, low power, and modular
Easy to install and less maintenance

Adaptable Block-level and Micro-block Control

FarmX is the only company to offer sub-block level irrigation control. With integrated pump and VFD control, high reliability, battery-free operation, fault detection, and weatherproofing, our control is the best on the market.