Wadhwani AI receives $3.3 million in grant funding from Google.org

Wadhwani AI today announced that it has received $3.3 million in grant funding under the AI for the Global Goals challenge by Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, to scale AI technology.

At present, Wadhwani AI advises farmers on pest management for cotton crops and aims to now also protect India’s staple food crops, integrating it into the digital systems of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for nationwide reach.

Wadhwani AI’s solution, currently manifest in the Cotton Ace app that has helped improve crop productivity and farmer incomes across the country, uses pictures uploaded by farmers to identify pests and provide data-driven solutions to address crop damage.