Models & Hardware
Bombadil Reads the Electrical Signals of Living Plants
The Electric Plant Co. trained its model on over 7M hours of data from 125+ species.
A foundation model for what plants are feeling.
The Electric Plant Co. built an AI that reads a plant’s electrical signals to tell how it is doing, minute by minute, The Rundown AI reports. The model is called Bombadil.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Training data | Over 7M hours |
| Species | 125+ |
| Early warning | Plant stress days before it shows in the leaves |
Managing water “from the outside in.”
Co-founder @justinmast says farming and forestry are “the largest use of fresh water on Earth,” yet nearly all of it is “managed from the outside in.”
His conclusion: “We need planetary gardeners.”
Sources
- @TheRundownAI on X · Oct 20, 2:36 PM PT
- @TheRundownAI on X · Oct 20, 2:41 PM PT