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Google’s X spins out Heritable Agriculture, a startup using AI to improve crop yield


Google’s X "moonshot factory" this week announced its latest graduate. Heritable Agriculture is a data- and machine learning-driven startup aiming to

The newly independent startup is approaching these global issues by doing what Google does best: analyzing massive datasets through artificial intelligence and machine learning. Image Credits: Heritable Agriculture“I was given broad purview to work on whatever I wanted, as long as it could scale to a Google-size business,” Zamft tells TechCrunch. Using machine learning, Heritable analyzes plant genomes to determine combinations that might improve yields, while lowering water consumption and raising carbon storage capacity.

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