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An 8-in-1 pocket soil lab
Measure pH, NPK, EC, moisture, salinity, temperature, organic matter and calcium in under a second — about $10 a test instead of $50 in a lab, and 95% in line with a government soil-lab benchmark.
About Us
Building the AI for smallholder agriculture
SmartSoil AI brings AI-powered soil analysis, satellite field monitoring, crop disease detection, and personalized farming advice to smallholder farmers — in their own language, with or without an internet connection.
- Founded
- 2024
- Countries
- 5
- Languages
- 5
- Farmers onboarded
- 100+
Our vision
A world where every farmer — however small the farm — has a soil scientist in their pocket.
Our mission
Empowering every farmer to be a Soil Scientist
We started SmartSoil AI with a simple belief: the farmers who feed the world deserve the same quality of soil science as the largest farms. So we built tools that fit in a pocket, speak the farmer’s language and keep working when the network doesn’t.
We bridge China’s world-class smart-agriculture hardware with the subsidy-backed procurement budgets of developing markets — a connection nobody else has built.
Chaoyang, Beijing, Chinasmartsoilai.com · smartsoilai.cn
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See SmartSoil AI in action
Watch how SmartSoil AI is bringing AI and IoT to farming — and learn more about who we are.
The problem
Agriculture is still farming in the dark
The people who grow most of our food have the least access to soil science.
500M
smallholder farmers worldwide
80%
of the food in developing countries is grown by smallholders
78%
of South Asian farmers have never tested their soil
60%
of smallholders apply the wrong fertilizer
What we build
One platform, from soil to decision
Hardware, AI and satellite data working together, so a farmer gets a clear answer in minutes instead of a lab report in weeks.
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Famo, your AI farming agent
Ask in your own language, by voice or text. Famo turns soil readings, weather and satellite data into a crop-specific fertilizer and irrigation plan, and diagnoses pests and diseases from a photo.
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Satellite, drone and ground monitoring
Free satellite imagery watches entire districts, drones inspect hotspots and ground sensors confirm what is happening — so every recommendation can be checked against real results.
How we work
Built around the farmer
Four principles that shape everything we ship.
Farmer first
Every feature starts with a real question: what to plant, what to apply and when to irrigate.
Their language, their way
Voice-first in Bangla, Urdu, Arabic, Portuguese and Tajik, so anyone can use it — whether or not they read.
Works where the farm is
Built offline-first for patchy networks and power cuts, because good advice shouldn’t depend on good signal.
Trusted and transparent
Farmers stay in control of what the AI does, and every recommendation leaves a clear trail that institutions can audit.
Our journey
From a first idea to real farms
Every milestone brought us closer to farmers — and to the partners who can take soil intelligence to millions more.
See the full roadmap- 2023
The first spark
Our founder’s earlier startup wins a BIG Award — early proof that we can build, ship and earn the trust of real users.
- 2024
SmartSoil AI is founded
Incubated in Beijing at the China University of Petroleum’s School of AI, we set out to put a soil lab in every farmer’s pocket.
- 2025
Recognised on the world stage
An ITEC Innovation Award (¥200K), an ATA Venture Builders win, UNESCO Youth Climate Action 2nd prize, a HICOOL finalist place and a booth at CIFTIS.
- 2026
Into the field
The 8-in-1 sensor and Famo AI reach farmers in Bangladesh and Pakistan, with a 5.0★ rating on Google Play and our first institutional pilots taking shape.
- 2027+
Scaling up
Institutional programmes across Bangladesh and Pakistan, then Brazil, Tajikistan and Saudi Arabia.
Where we work
Growing across five countries
From our home base in Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia’s greenhouses, we work with the institutions and cooperatives farmers already trust.
Bangladesh
Phase 1 · Home base
Pakistan
Phase 2 · Scale market
Brazil
Phase 3 · Partner-led
Tajikistan
Phase 3 · BRI channel
Saudi Arabia
Phase 4 · Flagship
- Farmers onboarded
- 100+
- Acres under monitoring
- 500+
- Sensor accuracy vs. government soil-lab benchmark
- 95%
- Google Play rating
- 5.0★
Trust
Recognised and backed by leading institutions
Awards, programmes and partners that have validated our work.
ITEC 2025Innovation Award · ¥200K
ATA Venture BuildersWinner
UNESCO2nd Prize
HICOOLFinalist
NVIDIA InceptionMember
The team at our office in Chaoyang, Beijing
Company facts
- Legal entity
- Beijing Dizhi Keji Co., Ltd. (北京地智科技有限公司)
- Founded
- 2024
- Incubated at
- China University of Petroleum (Beijing) — School of Artificial Intelligence
- Websites
- smartsoilai.com · smartsoilai.cn
- Headquarters
- Room C205, 2nd Floor, Block A & B, Main Building
No. 12 Xidawang Road, Lingxin International Digital Co-Creation Center
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, China
Let’s bring soil intelligence to every field
Whether you run a farm, a cooperative, a government programme or an NGO, we’d love to hear what you’re building.