Danny Bernstein

3 months ago we opened @ReservoirFarms. 1 hour from Silicon Valley. 90 minutes from SF. it's become the densest concentration of agtech startup activity on the planet. founders, growers, robots, real dirt. every single day. July 8 we open the farm to the public for the first time. you should come. more details soon.

@patriciaewelch It’s the Central Coast of California.

This cannot possibly be in USA. Must be China.

@BeaufortStyrian @balajis I believe this as well. Industrial customers subsidize R&D for smaller farms.

As I've pointed out before, this automation is going to make more sense for industrial-size farms - at first. Eventually, someone will scale it down to market gardener size. @balajis

@Badplastic20 @reservoirfarms That’s how these companies expand their total addressable market.

@bernsteind @reservoirfarms It would be nice if there was a push for ai and harvesters developed to clean up shoreline plastics

autonomous robot driving through the field at night. no chemicals. no pesticides. just UV light killing pathogens and pests while everyone sleeps. this is @tricrobotics. this is what chemical-free pest control looks like at scale.

@chip_ayres @reservoirfarms Indoors. Yes

@bernsteind @reservoirfarms I was watching Clarkson's Farm (series) a couple of days ago and they had a demo of high-tech Dutch farming. It was astounding!! The Dutch are like the SpaceX of farming.

@InkFromAStone @tricrobotics @tricrobotics

@bernsteind @tricrobotics How does additional UV light exposure during night cycles impact the growth and behavior of the plants themselves? Cuz to do a reasonable job, you kinda gotta cook the plants a little, and plants calculate starch demand to sustain metabolic function adequately until sunrise.

@mcarrieri Reservoir Farms share.google/jS3B6PorcFjNpc…

@bernsteind How close to #Marina ?

this is our office. Salinas, CA. the most productive agricultural valley on earth. robots go in the barn, come out the other side tested in real dirt. if you're building rugged physical AI and you haven't been here, you're missing something.

SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell is one of the most impressive people in America. Her interview on CNBC is a must-watch. I loved her answer about SpaceX’s role as a government contractor: “We’re always going to support our government. We’re a company of patriots, and we want to make sure our government has access to the leading technology and the best stuff. And I think we provide the best stuff.”

@reservoirfarms @agripulse "Nobody knows what it means, but it's provocative. It gets the people going!"

"California deserves to be techno-optimistic about the future of agriculture." – Danny Bernstein @bernsteind @agripulse

@bernsteind I would love to come out and see what you all are building.

@Scobleizer July 8?

soil with organic matter. robot straddling the rows. no chemicals. BHF Robotics (@BHFrobotics2142) doing electric weeding in real dirt. this is what chemical-free looks like at scale.

@inferredbylisa Follow @ReservoirFarms. agnavigator.com is a good news source.

@bernsteind This so really cool!! How can I find out about more people building things like this?

this is a computer that drives through a vineyard and sprays with surgical precision. Bonsai Robotics Amiga Max. hard tech is beautiful.

@niday_tyler This is a zero shot model, no code between 2-D image input and 3-D model output.

this is a foundation model reconstructing an orchard in 3D and driving a machine through it. canopy, terrain, rows. no GPS lock required under trees. Via @niday_tyler CEO of Bonsai Robotics

people ask what an on-farm incubator looks like. looks like this. real lettuce, real dirt, real operators next door. startups inside that barn get to break things 50 feet from production ag. cc @ReservoirFarms