Aerveil provides vineyards with automated, per-block frost and spray decisions delivered directly via WhatsApp. The system combines weather forecasts with block-specific data—such as variety, growth stage, and equipment—to issue precise calls on when to run wind machines or apply sprays, and it explains the reasoning behind each decision. It continuously monitors conditions overnight and sends updated alerts if a decision changes, helping growers protect their crops without needing to watch the weather themselves.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Vineyard growers must make time-critical decisions about frost protection and spray applications, but standard weather forecasts only describe conditions—they don't translate them into actionable calls for specific blocks. With each block having different varieties, growth stages, and equipment, growers often must monitor conditions all night and manually assess damage thresholds)Skip, spray label limits, and legal restrictions, leading to missed windows, crop damage, and wasted resources.
Solution
Aerveil delivers automated, per-block operational decisions for frost and spray timing directly to growers via WhatsApp. The system is set up once with each vineyard's block layout, crop varieties, growth stages, and protection practices, then it monitors weather forecasts and on-site sensors continuously. When a frost night or spray window approaches, Aerveil sends a clear message stating which blocks to protect—or leave alone—and the exact time to start machinery or apply products. Each alert includes the reasoning behind the decision, referencing damage temperatures, spray label constraints, and weather thresholds, and the system sends revised messages if conditions change overnight.
Target Audience
Primary customers are vineyard growers and farm managers in Napa Valley, particularly those farming wine grape blocks with varied varieties and frost-sensitive growth stages. The service is designed for operations that need to act on frost and spray decisions quicklyeding precision agriculture tools that match existing workflows.
Features
- Per-block decisioning: gives a separate call for every block based on its variety, growth stage, and available equipment, rather than a single vineyard-wide recommendation
- WhatsApp delivery: sends alerts and decision updates through standard WhatsApp messages, requiring no app, login, or additional software on the grower's phone
- Continuous overnight monitoring: tracks conditions without interruption and immediately sends a new message if the forecast or live sensor data shifts the decision
- Reasoning attached to each call: explains the inputs and logic behind every recommendation—such as damage-start temperatures, label maximums, and legal buffer zones—so growers can validate the call
- Flexible hardware integration: works without on-site sensors using broad-area forecasts, or with grower-installed weather instruments that improve local accuracy; optional inversion detection determines when wind machines would be ineffective
- Compliance and label-aware logic: incorporates product label limits, application logs, and regulatory restrictions (e.g., pesticide buffer zones near schools) to block illegal or unsafe spraying windows