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April 19, 2023

PlantGPT — the company building a generative model to speak the language of plants

Hortiya is applying large language model tech to biochemistry, in a bid to make food production greener


Tim Smith

5 min read

Generative AI is pretty good at speaking the language of humans, but one European startup is now building a generative model to help us speak “the language of plants”.

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Hortiya's system in use with sensor technology in a greenhouse
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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