Two Amiga Max machines running autonomously side by side. One's got a sprayer, one's got a toolbar. Same platform. Yesterday @reservoirfarms. Hybrid, modular, around $60k for the base. That price point is what gets small and mid-size growers to try autonomy. cc @bonsairobotics

Skysense demoed at Reservoir Farms yesterday. The dock launches the drone, it patrols for birds with sound and lights, comes back, recharges, goes again. All day, nobody driving out to run it. Fewer cannons and shotguns, labor savings. cc @reservoirfarms

On road to off road. Getting into position for data capture. A sprawling Brussels sprout farm in the background. This is rugged robotics at production scale and how robots are prepped to make decisions on the edge.

Ag labor costs keep climbing. AB 2646 would set a $19.75/hr floor for H-2A and comparable domestic workers in CA starting 2027. Growers need tools that stretch every labor hour: robotics, sensing, rugged AI built for the field. That's what Reservoir startups are building.

Bringing autonomy to the next fight: wildfires. Anduril has earned first place in the Autonomous Wildfire Response Track within the @xprize competition. Our solution manages the entire wildfire lifecycle with minimal human intervention. Lattice coordinates assets across air, land, and space to detect and respond faster. The award reflects Anduril's deep experience building firefighting tech including more than two years of dedicated work with XPRIZE. During the rigorous finals test in the Alaskan wilderness, our platform autonomously detected, fought, and suppressed live fires. Destructive wildfires are a global crisis. Anduril and XPRIZE are pioneering faster, more scalable and more automated ways to fight them.

Reservoir made a key hire. Details here. lnkd.in/p/gekziHhB

California Farming’s Cautionary Tale for the Midwest via @SuccessfulFarm “[Harvest automation] is the highest labor expense. But this is something that will be addressed in our lifetime.” agriculture.com/california-f…

We can replace chemicals with physics. This is High Degree Machinery. Steam ⬆️. Chemicals ⬇️.

I have one winter on the calendar before the first customers expect a robot in their fields. Now is the time for maximizing capacity for experimentation. Here is the plan for the new few months: 1. Build a more capable and highly adaptable V2 2. Keep exploring real-world use cases and meeting people across the industry, including a visit to @reservoirfarms this winter 3. Prepare for weed-control service with farmers starting next spring Now that fundraising is wrapping up, I'm excited to have time to make content again too!

Christy Birdsong has joined Reservoir as Head of External Affairs. She joins us from the State of California, where she was Undersecretary of the @CDFAnews — appointed by Gov. @GavinNewsom in 2021. Previously: General Counsel at @SunValleyRice, and nearly six years as Counsel to the U.S. House Ag Committee. She'll lead expansion, university partnerships, and government engagement at Reservoir. Welcome, Christy.

G’mar Tov, my friends. ⚖️

Yes — Salinas is definitely having a moment. cc @netflix @reservoirfarms

Eight cutting heads finding the base of a celery stalk they can't see, one plant at a time, on US soil. Celery is 12 inches of dense canopy over a cut with almost no tolerance. This is the hard end of specialty crop automation, and @BeagleTechAI is out here doing it. Build, automate, reshore our healthiest calories. DM to get involved in the movement.

Engineers in Montreal. Field team in Salinas. They talk 100 times a day, and half of it happens through the machine's cameras. Watched it work for several Hours on Wednesday. So much motion, so much promise for @SamiRobotics. Technology as resilience.

Throwback to a great demo day at @reservoirfarms Farms in Salinas. 🚜 Check out firsthand what the Amiga Max and Amiga Flex can do in strawberry operations, from autonomous spraying to hauling in step with the harvest crew. #Throwback #AgTech #FarmRobotics #SalinasAg

What is this job and how do I get it?

If you haven't been, why not come next Friday? It will be crowded, epic, and dusty. linkedin.com/events/75034859…

This is how we reshore acreage. 🥬

Normal day @reservoirfarms.

Romaine calm. 🥬🤓