The partnership between SpaceX and Oracle follows SpaceX's entry into the agricultural sector in January through a partnership with John Deere. SpaceX plans to offer its satellite communications service, Starlink, to farmers this year to enhance their use of agricultural tech tools.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk's SpaceX and Larry Ellison's Oracle are collaborating to create an AI-powered mapping application for governments to help farms plan and predict their agricultural output.
- The tool creates a map of a country's farms and shows what each of them is growing, helping farms assess the steps needed to increase their output and whether fields had enough water and nitrogen.
- SpaceX entered the agricultural sector in January after announcing a partnership with John Deere, and plans to offer its satellite communications service, Starlink, to farmers this year.
- Larry Ellison, Oracle's executive chairman, and Elon Musk, SpaceX's CEO, are reportedly very close friends and Ellison was on the board of Tesla from 2018 to 2022.