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Security & Privacy · 3 min read

Shield AI Raises $2.5B and Acquires Radar Maker Echodyne in $5.3B Deal

Defense AI firm Shield AI is acquiring radar startup Echodyne for up to $5.3 billion, backed by a $2.5B funding package at a $28.8B valuation — one of the largest deals in defense AI history.

2d ago

Agriculture & Food · 4 min read

FarmQA and Planet Labs Combine Satellite Imagery With AI to Deliver Field-Level Yield Intelligence to Enterprise Farms

FarmQA and Planet Labs are combining daily satellite imagery with AI agronomic models to give enterprise farms predictive yield intelligence at field-by-field resolution — closing a data gap that ground sensors and drones cannot fill at scale.

Nov 4

Agriculture & Food · 3 min read

AI Precision Farming Drops Below $15K, Finally Within Reach for Small Farm Operators

AI-powered drone systems for crop analysis have dropped below $15,000 all-in for small farm operators, crossing a cost threshold that previously confined precision agriculture to large commercial operations.

Oct 1

Agriculture & Food · 3 min read

AI-Driven Autonomous Drones Eliminate Pre-Mapping in Precision Agriculture

GEODASH Aerosystems' AI drone platform removes the pre-mapping step that has blocked smallholder adoption of drone-based precision agriculture — arriving as only 14% of North American farmers use AI at all.

Apr 20

Agriculture & Food · 3 min read

Polybee Scales Physical AI Drone Agents for Specialty Crop Monitoring and Harvest Forecasting

Polybee is scaling a fleet of self-recharging AI drones to continuously monitor specialty crops and generate harvest timing forecasts — one of the rare AgTech deployments that has achieved immediately measurable financial returns.

Apr 19

Agriculture & Food · 3 min read

USDA Launches National Network to Stress-Test AI Farm Tech Before It Reaches Fields

The USDA's new National Proving Grounds Network for AgTech will independently evaluate AI-powered farm tools — precision drones, autonomous equipment, yield models — under real farming conditions before commercial release.

Apr 18