Oracle and Wild Bio team up to use AI for climate‑resilient crops

Oracle and Irish‑linked start‑up Wild Bioscience have announced a partnership to develop AI‑driven solutions for agricultural resilience and crop‑based carbon removal.

Wild Bio, founded in 2021 by Dr Ross Hendron and Prof Steve Kelly, will employ Oracle’s cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to capture and integrate field data from its research trials. The data – covering soil moisture, plant performance and environmental conditions – will be processed in Oracle’s cloud environment, where AI will analyse the datasets to identify traits that improve crop productivity under stress and increase carbon uptake.

The collaboration aims to build an auditable, field‑level measurement system that quantifies how much carbon the studied crops sequester. Both organisations argue that AI can learn from millions of years of plant evolution to pinpoint beneficial traits.

Oracle’s CEO, Clay Magouyrk, said the partnership shows how AI can turn scientific ideas into practical solutions. Wild Bio’s chief scientific officer, Prof Kelly, added that the work is essential for tackling climate change and food security together.

The deal also supports Oracle’s wider sustainability strategy, including its target of net‑zero emissions by 2050. Earlier this year Wild Bio acquired wheat‑breeding business F1 Seed, aiming to become a fully integrated UK seed company.

Source: Silicon Republic. Photo: Tom Fisk / Pexels.