San Francisco qalo Hippo Harvest has secured $21 milione ka Series B lichelete ho atolosa tshebetso lona jarolla ka ho iketsa sethopo, Mobile Robot Guide tlalehile April 16. Khampani e rera ho sebelisa letsete la ho khanna kgolo ya automated la sethopo tshebetso le ho atolosa tshebetso lona. Lethathamo la lihlahisoa le tla kenyelletsa sehlopha se secha sa meroho e tala e makhasi.
E Thehiloe ka 2019, Hippo Harvest e sebelisa mekhoa e nchafatsang ea loop ho lema lihlahisoa tse ncha ka mekhoa e laoloang ea temo ea tikoloho (CEA). E sebelisa meralo ea modular greenhouse, k'hamphani e ikemiselitse ho fokotsa litšenyehelo tsa metsi, manyolo le matla ha e ntse e tlisa lihlahisoa haufi le bareki.
Hippo Harvest, e sebetsanang le sethopo se fetotsoeng Pescadero, California, e re e kotsi ebile e na le litšenyehelo tse ngata ho feta matlo a khale a limela. Khamphani e tsepamisitse maikutlo holim'a kabo ea lisebelisoa tse nepahetseng ka lits'ebetso tsa eona tsa nosetso, software le Zebra Technologies Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), e netefatsa tlhahiso e baballang chelete e ngata le e sebetsang hantle.
Ho feta moo, Hippo Harvest e re mekhoa ea eona e ntseng e hola e ntlafatsa polokeho ea lijo le ho lelefatsa bophelo ba lishelefo ka ho fa limela ka motsoako o ikhethileng oa limatlafatsi ho tloha ka tlase, ho fokotsa kotsi ea likokoana-hloko le hlobo. Khampani e sebelisa li-AMR tse khethehileng tse nang le lihokelo tse khethehileng ho lema le ho kotula lijalo, ho fana ka maemo a nepahetseng a metsi le limatlafatsi bakeng sa limela tse phetseng hantle.
Ho fapana le tšebeliso e tloaelehileng ea chefo e bolaeang likokoanyana, Hippo Harvest e boloka mekhoa e se nang likokoanyana tse molemo, oli ea tlhaho le chefo e meng e bolaeang likokoanyana, e fokotsa tšusumetso ea tikoloho le ho feto-fetoha ha boleng bo hlahang temong ea kantle. Khampani e boetse e netefatsa hore lihlahisoa tsohle li kenngoa hang-hang sebakeng sa marang-rang, li sebelisa polasetiki e nchafalitsoeng ea 100% bakeng sa ho paka.
Standard Investments, feme ea matsete e thehiloeng New York e shebaneng le mateano a indasteri le theknoloji, e ile ea etella pele letsete la Hippo Harvest's Series B. Congruent Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Hoson Food Ventures, Energy Impact Partners le ba bang le bona ba nkile karolo papaling ena.
Boitlamo ba Hippo Harvest ho Amazon le Global Optimism's Climate Pledge ea ho fihlela tlhahiso ea khabone e sa hlokeng letho ka 2040 e totobatsa boitlamo ba eona ba ho sebetsana le ho se tsitse ho amanang le boemo ba leholimo ketane ea phepelo ea lijo tse ncha. Mokhoa oa ho qala o ikemiselitse ho fokotsa haholo tšebeliso ea metsi le manyolo esita le maemong a haelloang ke mehloli, ha ho ntse ho fokotsa methane e hlahisoang ke litšila tse tloaelehileng tsa temo.
Khampani e lumela hore mokhoa oa eona o ka eketsa phihlello ea lijo tse ncha, tse lenngoeng sebakeng sa heno, oa fana ka tikoloho e hloekileng le ho fana ka mesebetsi e sireletsehileng, e tsitsitseng ea temo metseng. Baahi ba San Francisco ba ka fumana lihlahisoa tsa Hippo Harvest 'marakeng oa lehae oa Gus's Community kapa inthaneteng ho Amazon Fresh. Ho na le merero ea ho bula mabenkele a eketsehileng Northern California haufinyane.