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Emzameni obalulekile wokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezolimo, iSuind, isiqalo sobuchwepheshe be-drone, ikhuphule ngempumelelo ama-Rs 5 crore emzuliswaneni wayo wakamuva wokuxhasa ngembewu. Uxhaso, oluholwa yi-Sunicon Ventures kanye neminikelo evela kuZetta Farms kanye nabatshalizimali bezingelosi, lubeka uSuind esikhundleni sokuba aguqule isimo sezolimo.
Yasungulwa ngo-2020 nguKunal Shrivastava noKevin Kleber, iSuind igxile ekuqaphelweni kwezitshalo ngesikhathi sangempela kanye nokwelashwa ngokuhlanganiswa kwama-drones, umbono wekhompyutha, nokuhlaziya idatha. Ukufakwa kwezimali kubekelwe ukusheshisa intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe, kukhuphule izinga lenkundla yokuvikela izitshalo eqhutshwa yi-AI, kanye nokwandisa ukufinyeleleka kwezimakethe kuzo zombili izindawo zaseNdiya nezaseYurophu.
Isiphakamiso esiyingqayizivele sikaSuind silele ekuthuthukisweni kwayo kwe-AI esekelwe embonweni enamandla aphansi yama-drones, ewavumela ukuthi asebenze ngokuzimele ezindaweni zokutshala eziyinselele ezifana nezizinda zetiye, amasimu enjoloba, nezingadi zezithelo. Ukugxila kwenkampani ekomkhulu lase-Bengaluru kanye ne-Zurich kwezolimo olunembayo kuhambisana nesidingo esikhulayo somkhakha wezinqubo zokulima ezisimeme kanye nezobuchwepheshe.
Njengoba umkhakha wezolimo ufakaza ushintsho lwepharadigm oluya ku-digitalization kanye ne-automation, imizamo kaSuind iphawula umnikelo obalulekile. Ukusetshenziswa kwama-drones anamandla e-AI kubhekana nezinselelo ezibhekene nokuvikelwa kwezitshalo, kunikeza abalimi kanye nezazi zezolimo nolwazi olubalulekile ekulawuleni izinambuzane, ukutholwa kwezifo, kanye nempilo yezitshalo iyonke.
U-Suind ujoyina abadlali abaqaphelekayo endaweni ye-drone yezolimo, okuhlanganisa i-Aarav Unmanned Systems, i-BharatRohan, i-Dhaksha Unmanned Systems, ne-DroneAcharya Aerial. Lokhu kuphokophelela kokusebenza kahle kwezobuchwepheshe kugcizelela ukuzibophezela kwemboni ekusebenziseni izixazululo ezisezingeni eliphezulu ukuze kuthuthukiswe ezolimo.
Umjikelezo wokuxhasa ngembewu weSuind oyimpumelelo awubonisi nje kuphela ukuzethemba kwabatshalizimali emandleni obuchwepheshe bezolimo kodwa futhi umemezela inkathi entsha yokulima ngokunemba. Ukuhlanganiswa kwama-drones aqhutshwa yi-AI kwezolimo kunesithembiso sokwenza ngcono ukusebenza kahle, ukunciphisa umthelela wemvelo, kanye nesivuno esithuthukisiwe sezitshalo. Njengoba i-Suind iqhubekela phambili nomsebenzi wayo wokuguqula ukuvikelwa kwezitshalo, umphakathi wezolimo ngobubanzi ungalindela ushintsho oluhle oluya ezindleleni zokulima ezisimeme kanye nezobuchwepheshe.