UAE - Mubasher: AI-powered agritech platform Aydi has closed a $7.50 million seed round led by COTU Ventures, Daltex, and Nuwa Capital, with participation from Magrabi Agriculture and Foundation Ventures.
The funding will support the launch and global expansion of Aydi's AI-powered agronomy assistant, Orth, according to a release.
Launched at Fruit Attraction in Madrid, the platform offers free and paid tiers and aims to evolve into a full AI operating system for global agriculture.
Orth deploys satellite and weather data, predictive analytics, and conversational AI to provide growers with real-time, plot-level insights.
These insights help cut costs and boost yield and efficiency by over 20%.
Hassan Fayed, founder and CEO of Aydi, noted: “Experts say global food demand is set to rise 70% by 2050. However, according to our company’s internal estimates, 90% of growers lack access to timely agronomic expertise, given there is only 1 agronomist per 10,000 acres worldwide.”
“Orth changes that by turning decades of agricultural science into an easy-to-use AI assistant that gives farmers instant recommendations, detects problems early, and helps them grow higher-quality crops," the CEO continued.
For his part, Amir Farha, Founder of COTU Ventures, added: “We believe that agriculture needs its AI moment, and Orth has the ability to empower millions of growers to farm smarter and more profitably, and produce more efficiently and sustainably."
