Scout builds farm management software that uses AI to analyze ground-level photographs of vineyards, capturing images from multiple angles per plant to deliver high-resolution, plant-level insights. The platform is deployed using standard cameras mounted on ATVs and tractors and processes millions of photos to automate inventory, classify plants, monitor health, estimate yields, and analyze vintage-level patterns. Scout's approach provides automated vine-level monitoring—counting vines, identifying rootstocks and young versus old vines, spotting pests, soil or nutrition issues, and estimating harvest timing. Origins trace back to research at UC Davis, which holds a 2% stake, and the company has analyzed roughly 1.2 million images and collected millions of photos across Napa and Sonoma since last season. Scout currently serves six paying customers, including large brands and operators with significant acreage, and is growing its team with hires from UC Davis. The company emphasizes precision viticulture to enable organic and more granular farming practices that were previously commercially infeasible.

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$3M

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Apr 2024