Swiss agritech startup OneSoil has raised €1 million to expand AI Agronomist, a new assistant designed to help farmers interpret field data and make faster operational decisions. The feature is now live inside the OneSoil app and is built to answer questions in plain language using information from a farmer’s own fields. The funding came from existing investors, including Yury Melnichek, a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Melnichek Investments, and adds momentum to OneSoil’s push to bring AI into daily farm management.
A New Layer for Precision Farming
Founded in 2017, OneSoil has developed digital tools that support field monitoring, productivity analysis, variable-rate application maps, soil sampling, and field trials. The company has spent years building expertise in satellite imagery analysis and collecting agricultural datasets that now form the basis of its latest AI product. With AI Agronomist, OneSoil is moving beyond dashboards by giving farmers a conversational interface that turns field observations into practical recommendations.
How AI Agronomist Works
AI Agronomist is connected to a specific field inside the OneSoil app and does not require farmers to upload extra data or install a separate product. It reads satellite imagery within field boundaries and combines that view with historical crop rotation, pesticide applications, seed varieties, yield records, weather conditions, season stage, and notes added by farm teams. Farmers can ask questions such as what changed in the past 48 hours or how current field development compares with previous seasons, with answers based on field-level data rather than generic agronomic advice.
Technology Behind the Product
The assistant operates as a multimodal AI agent that combines large language models, vision-language models, and OneSoil’s proprietary technology for detecting field boundaries, crops, and productivity zones. OneSoil says the system draws on data accumulated since 2017, while its agronomists helped shape how the assistant prioritizes insights and recommendations. The tool can highlight zones affected by flooding, identify areas that may require scouting, flag pest risks, and provide a detailed field analysis every seven days based on recent changes, weather, and field operations.
Market Relevance
The launch comes as farmers face pressure to maintain productivity while managing rising input costs and tighter resource use. OneSoil positions AI Agronomist as a way to reduce the time spent reviewing multiple dashboards and help farm operators focus on the field areas that need attention first. For farms managing many fields at once, the product is designed to consolidate scattered observations into clear answers that can support decisions before spraying, scouting, fertilizing, or other seasonal operations.
Business Model and Availability
AI Agronomist is available now through the OneSoil Monitoring + AI Agronomist subscription plan in the company’s mobile app. Pricing scales according to workspace size, allowing the product to be used by farms with different operational footprints. OneSoil says the assistant is not tied to selling farm products and is intended to support better decisions on resource allocation, crop protection, and field management.
OneSoil’s new funding will support further development of AI Agronomist and the broader expansion of its AI-powered precision agriculture platform. The product reflects a wider shift in agritech toward tools that combine satellite intelligence, historical field data, and natural-language interaction. By turning complex agricultural data into field-specific guidance, OneSoil is aiming to make advanced agronomic analysis more accessible to farmers managing increasingly complex operations.