b"seedalive: RevolutionizingZoomAgri Transforms Grain Seed Viability Testing AcrossZeaKals PhotoSeedQuality Inspection with AI-Europe and Beyond boosts yield and qualityDriven Innovationwhile reducing carbon intensityIn an industry chasing more with less, ZeaKals PhotoSeed technology is giving crops a new kind of super-power: the ability to sustain photosyn-thesis longer, leading to bigger gains in oil, protein, and productivityall without additional land or inputs.We confuse the plant into thinking its starving, ZeaKal co-founder and CEO Han Chen says. Its the anti-In the heart of Osnabrck, Germany,Ozempic of plants. That trick keeps a groundbreaking innovation is trans- plants working harder and longer to forming the way seed viability is meas- convert sunlight into energy, improving ured. seedalive, founded by Klausperformance and sustainability. ZoomAgri is revolutionizing the agri-Mummenhoff and his former student,What began as an effort to improvecultural landscape with its innovative biologist Jens Varnskhler, is on a missionpasture grass grew into somethingsoftware that rapidly identifies soybean, to make seed testing faster, simpler andmuch bigger. wheat and barley varieties in two min-more reliableempowering plant breed- In soybeans, PhotoSeed reversesutes. By utilizing cutting-edge Computer ers, farmers, traders and maltsters acrossdeclining protein levels while increas- Vision and AI technology, this solution Europe and beyond. ing oil by up to 15%. In corn, its show- delivers precise results at a fraction of theTraditionally, testing seeds for viabilitying as much as 23% more oil. Thats acost. and quality has been a slow, resource- game-changer for renewable energy,The software also excels in assessing intensive processoften taking daysparticularly sustainable aviationthe percentage of damaged, broken or or even weeks. seedalive changes that.fuel. Independent analysis suggestspeeled grains while also detecting foreign With its patented, AI-powered test kits,PhotoSeed could enable an extramaterialseach critical for ensuring seedalive delivers results in just hours.billion gallons of U.S. SAF annually quality in the supply chain.The dynamic bioassay not only predictswithout expanding farmland. ZoomAgris mission is to digitize the standard germination rates, but alsoI want growers to say, I knowantiquated testing, inspection, and certi-identifies abnormalities, dormancy, deadwhere my crop ends up. I know Imfication (TIC) processes that burden the seeds and germination speedall whilefeeding people better. I know Im partagricultural and food industries through referencing data collected according toof the energy transition, Chen says. its unique vision-as-a-service (VaaS) ISTA and AOSA standards. model.And it's not just about speed. TheSince the launch of its flagship prod-system is designed for modern agricul- uct, ZoomBarley, in 2018which evalu-tural realities: all it takes is a chargedates malting barley purity in real-time laptop and an internet connection. the technology has gained significant Whether on a remote farm or in a high- traction on a global scale. Building on tech lab, seedalives cloud-based platformthis success, ZoomAgri introduced ensures fast, accurate, and reproducibleZoomAgriSpex, a tool designed to evalu-results. For the malting industry, the plat- ate the physical quality of grains and oil-form offers equally transformative capa- seeds in real-time. This feature addresses bilitiesassessing germination energycommon issues within the industry, such and water sensitivity of barley and wheatas classification errors, delays, and inflated in as little as three hours. costs, making high-quality inspections much more efficient and reliable.INTERNATIONAL EDITION 2025SEEDWORLD.COM /29"