Nominated by: Itamar Yadid, Migal Research Center
Presented by: Dotan Peleg
Falling Walls
Falling Walls Science Summit 2023
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Projini Agchem: Breaking the Wall of Resistant Weeds with AI-generated Herbicides
Projini uses a proprietary bio-convergence platform developed originally for drug discovery, and applies it to crop protection.
In the recent Agri-Tech Innovation summit, they announced the first-ever AI-generated herbicide prototypes, validated to control herbicide-resistant weeds, including weeds which inflict a $16B annual crop loss for soy and corn farmers in the US.
Projini patented novel small molecules for weed control, and is advancing to prove efficiency in field conditions. They aim to demonstrate that AI-discovery can out-pace and out-perform all other discovery operations which are based on phenotypic screening.
They slash the cost of discovery, while accelerating the process that may otherwise take years or even decades, to several months.
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