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Models · Updated 20 Oct, 09:30 pm IST

Startup Electric Plant built AI model to decode plants' electrical signals

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Why it matters for readers: It explains how researchers are using AI to interpret living systems and create new types of interfaces with plants.

  • Electric Plant was founded by Justin Mast and Lee von Kraus to listen to electrical signals in plants.1
  • The team spent roughly three years collecting data to train a large language model named Bombadil that interprets subtle electrical currents in stems.1
  • The company raised an $11.2 million seed round led by Onto Ventures and Climactic to commercialize sensors and the Bombadil model.1
  • Founders say the system aims to relay details about plant needs to growers and enable a form of two‑way interaction over time.1
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