Deere will work with six companies this year as part of its Startup Collaborator program. The collaborations allow Deere to “enhance and deepen the company’s interaction with startup companies whose technology could add value for ag and construction customers,” it says.
“The startup program is mutually beneficial for John Deere and the startup companies that participate,” said Dennis Muszalski, VP, module & electrification systems engineering. “The goal is to learn together and explore new ways to help customers unlock more value in ways they never thought possible.”
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2024 Startup Collaborators
- Constellr is a company that measures land surface temperature and water from its own satellites at “unprecedented” accuracy levels to enable insights for a more sustainable future.
- Geminos is an artificial intelligence company empowering businesses to understand and leverage causality for enhanced decision-making.
- SB Quantum is a quantum sensing company focused on navigation based on a novel quantum magnetometer.
- Fermata Energy works with vehicle-to-everything (V2X) bidirectional charging platform technology.
- goFlux is a Brazil-based logistics company focused on digital solutions to connect the ecosystem for freight transactions.
- Cloudscape Labs is a production management software company focused on providing job site visibility across the construction team to help meet production, cost, and safety targets.