Thursday
January 29
2026

Press Release: Heritable Agriculture Secures $5 Million Grant for AI-Driven Crop Resilience in Africa

Heritable Agriculture Inc., a leader in AI-driven crop improvement spun out of Google X, announced today that it has received a $4.98M grant from the Gates Foundation. The funding will support the development of the “Joint AI-driven Smallholder Omics aNalytics” (JASON) project, focused on leveraging artificial intelligence and multiple “omics” technologies to create climate-resilient crops for smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Source: Business Wire (link opens in a new window)

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Agriculture
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agtech, artificial intelligence, climate change, food security, smallholder farmers