Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Mark DeSantis, CEO at Bloomfield, an AG tech startup that has raised $8.5 million in funding.

• Bloomfield uses AI and computer vision to analyze images of crops (like grapes, blueberries, etc.) and provide detailed insights to farmers on the condition of every single plant.
• The company's technology can identify and geolocate each plant, analyzing features like leaf density, grape count/size/color, and more by mounting cameras on tractors/vehicles.
• This allows farmers to maximize yield, quality and consistency by precisely treating individual plants based on their unique needs, rather than managing entire acres collectively.
• The long-term vision is "plant digitalization" where every plant becomes a digital artifact that is continuously monitored and optimized throughout its lifetime.
• Farmers are embracing new technology rapidly as they face labor shortages and need to feed a growing global population with limited arable land.
• Bloomfield sees an opportunity to bring advanced AI/imaging capabilities from self-driving cars and other domains into the agricultural industry.