Vivid Machines provides AI-powered computer vision hardware and software that captures plant‑level data in real time to measure crop load, fruit size, and vigor. The system integrates with existing farm equipment to deliver actionable insights for precision spraying, crew deployment, and yield forecasting, reducing labor and input costs. Growers use these insights to optimize pruning, thinning, and harvest decisions, improving profitability and predictability in fruit production.
Funding
$4.7M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Fruit producers often lack comprehensive, real-time data on their crops, making it difficult to optimize crop load management, accurately predict yields, and efficiently allocate labor and resources. Traditional methods of data collection are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and often provide delayed or incomplete insights.
Solution
Vivid Machines provides a multispectral imaging system that leverages computer vision and machine learning to deliver real-time, tree-level data on fruit crop health and yield predictions. The Vivid X Vision System mounts onto existing farm equipment and captures data from blossom to harvest, providing valuable insights for growers, packhouses, and marketers. This system enables precision crop load management, improves yield accuracy, reduces costs by directing labor to specific areas, and facilitates efficient storage planning and sales contract negotiation. The system's high-speed optics and sensors, combined with a high-performance processing module, analyze image data on the fly to provide actionable insights.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes fruit growers seeking to optimize crop load management, packhouses aiming for efficient storage planning, and marketers looking to negotiate sales contracts confidently with yield forecasting.
Features
- High-speed optics and sensors suitable for orchard equipment speeds up to 10 mph
- Multispectral camera system capturing multiple bands in the visible and near-infrared range
- Real-time data and predictions for every plant
- High-precision positioning system to determine each tree’s location
- Automatic data upload and wireless connectivity for easy access and control via phone or tablet
- Cloud dashboard providing tree-level visibility across the season, from pink to harvest
- Task maps for efficient labor allocation and spray reduction
- Fruit sizing data at harvest dates for storage and packing strategies
- Yield Prediction reports for sales planning and communication
- Historical data for year-over-year comparisons