OneSoil secures €1M to make satellite field intelligence as easy to access as asking a question

Farmers make dozens of operational decisions every week, ranging from identifying which areas require attention to evaluating the performance of a field relative to the previous season. Most of this judgement is based on experience and observation. Although satellite imagery data is increasingly available, it is not always easy to interpret or act on quickly. For a single farmer managing hundreds of hectares in varying conditions, maintaining an accurate overview of every field on any given day is impractical.

OneSoil, a Zurich-based agritech company founded in 2017 by Sasha Yakovlev, Slava Mazai and Usevalad Henin, has spent nearly a decade developing a precision agriculture platform that incorporates satellite imagery analysis capabilities and field-level datasets. The platform supports the entire operational cycle, from monitoring field conditions and mapping productivity to generating variable-rate application plans, organising soil sampling and running field trials. The latest addition to the platform is AI Agronomist, a natural-language assistant that uses accumulated satellite data and the company's own analytical models to provide farmers with daily insights into what is happening across their land. Farmers can ask questions such as what has changed in the past week, which zones are showing signs of flooding or where pest pressure is building, and receive responses built from current and historical field observations. The assistant runs as a multimodal AI agent, combining publicly available language models with OneSoil's satellite analysis models, which were developed over years of working with satellite imagery to detect field boundaries and measure productivity patterns.

OneSoil has just secured €1 million from existing investors, including Yury Melnichek of Melnichek Investments. The capital will go towards expanding the platform.

Sources: OneSoil | Crunchbase

Founders: Sasha Yakovlev, Slava Mazai, Usevalad Henin