Tule
Help farmers make irrigation decisions with sensors / computer vision
Y CombinatorSummer 2014AcquiredIndustrialsAgricultureCellular AgricultureMachine LearningIoT
What they do
Problem
Farmers lack accurate, field-scale insight into crop water use and stress to make optimal irrigation decisions.
Solution
Tule provides irrigation decision tools using field sensors and a computer-vision mobile app to measure evapotranspiration and crop water stress and deliver irrigation recommendations.
Who it's for
Crop growers and farms managing irrigation for agricultural fields.
Founders
Tom Shapland
Founder/CEO
PM at LiveKit. I was the Cofounder of Tule (YC S14).
Jeff LaBarge
Founder/CTO
Company timeline
- Founded2014
- YC batchSummer 2014
- StatusAcquired
- Team size8 people
- LocationDavis, CA, USA
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