The Halter Cowgorithm Is Worth Two Billion Dollars!

A New Zealand start-up has just raised at a $2 billion valuation by putting AI collars on cows. The company is called Halter, and the algorithm is called the Cowgorithm. Halter makes smart collars for cows with sensors, GPS, and machine learning. Each collar tracks movement, eating, sleep, digestion, and fertility cycles, building a model for every individual cow. When a cow is ready to be milked, the system knows — it sends a vibration through the collar and the cow walks itself to the station. But it's the virtual fencing that's the real time and money saver. Instead of building a physical fence, you draw a virtual fence on an app and the collar uses signals to warn the cow away from the boundary. US ranchers have already mapped over 11,000 miles of virtual fencing and saved $220 million in physical fencing costs. Now Halter and the Cowgorithm have earned themselves a $2 billion valuation.