Nigerian Artificial Intelligence startup Airsmat has launched an Artificial Intelligence powered software platform to support farm owners and other corporate organizations. The platform will allow them to gain access to practical intelligence that will help push for efficiency in cost savings, boost their business operations, and improve their profitability.
The company during a virtual launch which had media partners and investors in attendance stated that the products SmatCrows, SmatAI, SmatSat, and SmatMapper are pioneering products that will enable predictable improved crop yield for farm corporations.
Chief Technology Officer, AirSmat, Adeoluwa Ibukunle while speaking during the launch explained that the innovation was born out of the quest to use technology to improve modern-day farming with seamless data gathering.
Adeoluwa said, “Our SmatCrows software app is built to autonomously fly drones; drones serve as a vehicle to capture aerial farm data which automatically gets ingested to our SmatPortal for processing using machine learning capabilities running on a GPU capable machine. Our SmatSat provides historical, forecast, and real-time intelligence such as soil temperature, moisture, humidity, NDVI to our customers.
“Our the SmatAI analyses captured data to extract useful intelligence such as crop count on the farm, weed detection, possible plant diseases, etc,” adding that with the software solution, farm owners can also obtain prompt intelligence that will help them decide on the type of crops to farm with the soil temperature and moisture content information provided through the SmatSat capabilities.
Speaking further, Adeoluwa said, “AirSmat is on a mission to help clients make smarter business decisions, prepare for predicted drought season, weed infestation or disease infection, which can be conveniently obtained at the click of a button. General operations across the globe are becoming smarter, the agricultural sector should also benefit from the digital transformation; we refuse to leave Agriculture behind.”
The Vice President, Business Operations for AirSmat, Uche Olukoju in her opening remark expressed delight on the launch of the services of the company to help farmers in Nigeria and other African countries with a technological solution that will encourage smart farming.
She said, “In light of technology disruption, many farms and agribusinesses are beginning to adopt technology into their operations because of its significant impact on productivity and efficiency. We help farmers gather data using drones, analyze the data using AI-powered platforms, and share intelligent analytics with farmers throughout the planting season. With our approach of capturing and ingesting data to our platform, processing the same using analytics will help businesses gain insights to increase productivity”
According to Nairametrics, the company in a bid to drive the adoption of its service offering announced a one-month SmatSat free subscription plan that will allow potential and prospective clients to sign up for a trial run and for subsequent usage to improve operational efficiency and crop yield.
