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Electric Plant raises $11.2 million to let plants talk

Original: Electric Plant has secured an $11.2 million seed round to develop Bombadil, a large language model designed to interpret

Electric Plant has raised an $11.2 million seed round to build Bombadil, a large language model that interprets electrical signals in plant stems. The system relies on custom hardware sensors attached to living plant tissue using stainless steel screws, translating those signals into data the model can analyse. The project is drawing attention for combining plant biology with AI, and for the unusually ambitious idea of understanding what plants are signalling internally.

Why now: The unusual combination of AI and plant bioelectric sensing, backed by fresh seed funding, is catching attention.

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• Electric Plant has secured an $11.2 million seed round to develop Bombadil, a large language model designed to interpret electrical signals coursing through plant stems. The system uses custom hardware sensors attached to living plant tissue via stainless steel screws,… · hacksgr

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