Ofir SchlamCo Founder

United States - Sunnyvale, California,

Taranis CEO, Ofir Schlam is a fourth-generation farmer. Raised in Israel, he comes from a family of farmers who have grown cotton and wheat for the last 4 generations. His professional career started when he began his B.Sc. in Math & Computer Science at the age of 16 as part of a program for outstanding students at BIU and graduated Summa Cum Laude at the age of 19. For his military service, Ofir served in an elite technological unit of the Prime Minister's Office, where he was involved in developing and leading groundbreaking technology projects. During that time he also earned his M.Sc in cryptography at age of 22. Ofir moved up in the organization and in his last position before starting Taranis, he managed an R&D department of 15 software engineers. Ofir and his 3 co-founders started Taranis in 2015 with a mission to help farmers protect their crops more efficiently.

I am very interested in technology, business and generally curious to learn new fields.

Taranis, a precision agriculture intelligence platform, helps Ag supply chain companies, input manufacturers and operating farms increase their yields and cut costs by giving them a way to effectively monitor their fields, make informed decisions and then act on them. The system uses sophisticated computer vision, data science and deep learning algorithms to detect early symptoms of weeds, uneven emergence, nutrient deficiencies, disease/insect infestations, water damage, equipment problems and more so that farmers can address issues quickly and understand the impact on yield and cost of production.
Taranis is the most comprehensive imagery solution for Ag in the world that combines all satellite constellation sources with analysis beyond NDVI, along with the broadest network on manned aircraft taking multispectral field mosaic at 8cm per pixel and the unique sub-mm imagery analyzed by deep learning called AI2 – the first leaf level imagery.