A college class on AI became the foundation for this million-acre Louisiana agtech platform

Founder Colin Raby shares the unconventional way he built FarmMind, a Baton Rouge startup serving agriculture businesses.

By: Katie Malone

Outlets: Technical.ly

Published: August 13, 2026

Words: 1,166

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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FarmMind is betting that artificial intelligence can ease one of agriculture’s biggest challenges: finding, understanding and acting on the enormous amount of information behind each growing season.

When founder Colin Raby enrolled in a Louisiana State …

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