Pre-seed · Deep Tech · Validating on our own 4-acre farm in Andhra Pradesh
The agricultural intelligence platform for India.
Kheti Intelligence OS fuses real-time farm sensor data, satellite imagery and weather into explainable, confidence-aware recommendations — and learns from actual farm outcomes, season after season.
A product of Makathiru Info Tech LLP · DPIIT / Startup India Seed Fund applicant
The problem
Indian farmers still make critical decisions on instinct, not data.
20–40%
of irrigation water wasted from over- or mis-timed watering
30%+
yield loss from undetected pest and nutrient stress
₹₹₹
over-fertilization inflates cost without improving yield
Generic
advisory apps ignore local soil, crop and microclimate
Big satellite-only or drone-only agri-tech platforms are too generic and too expensive for mid-size Indian farms.
Our solution
One fusion engine. One clear recommendation.
An AI advisory system that fuses cheap on-farm sensors, satellite imagery and weather data into simple, local-language recommendations — designed for validation on our own working farm before it reaches a single paying customer.
Our living AI lab
Most agri-tech founders pitch a slide deck. We pitch a working field.
Every recommendation is validated on our own 4-acre farm in Andhra Pradesh — across polyhouse and open-field cultivation — before it's ever offered to a farmer or a partner.
4 acres
Mixed cultivation under live sensor deployment
Polyhouse
Tomato and vegetables, controlled environment
Open field
Ragi and seasonal crops, natural conditions
📍 Andhra Pradesh
India
Founders & team
Two co-founders spanning cloud/AI infrastructure and lived agricultural context.
Aswin M N
Gunavardhan
The founders are currently validating the concept while employed. Upon securing funding and reaching agreed milestones, they will transition to full-time roles.
Get in touch
Let's grow this — one season at a time.
We're not asking anyone to bet on a slide deck. We're building what we'll prove, one season at a time, on our own land.
kheti@makathiru.comMakathiru Info Tech LLP · Bengaluru, India · Living Lab farm in Andhra Pradesh