Recode Decode: Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Gro Intelligence founder and CEO Sara Menker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the growing field of agriculture technology and how farmers around the world are using data. She also talks about the impact of geopolitical events like the US-China trade war and the challenges of raising capital for an ag-tech startup. Featuring: Sara Menker, founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence (@SaraMenker) Hosts: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Pivot, Kara’s podcast with NYU Professor Scott Galloway that offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-at-large recode.
0:04.6	You may know me as someone who harvests hot takes and grows them into podcasts, but
0:08.2	in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to recode decode from the Vox Media Podcast
0:12.5	Network.
0:13.5	Today in the red chair is Sarah Manker, the CEO of Grow Intelligence.
0:18.0	Agtech is a very interesting new, not new area, but an area that people aren't focused
0:22.6	on.
0:23.6	And we're going to do that today.
0:24.6	Sarah, welcome to recode decode.
0:25.6	Thanks for having me.
0:26.7	So we met at an event, but you started talking about Agtech.
0:30.4	And something I've been very interested in for a long time.
0:33.6	I've talked to the head of land-alikes, all kinds of things.
0:36.2	And we've obviously had a lot of the food technology people on the podcast.
0:40.3	But the idea of big tech being pushed up against lots of different areas of industry
0:46.6	is really interesting.
0:47.6	And agriculture tech to me is super interesting.
0:49.2	You started reeling off all kinds of fascinating statistics.
0:52.4	Like, why is this person who looks like she's stepped right out in New York City talking
0:55.9	to me about agriculture technology?
0:58.5	Talk to me about that.
1:00.3	Talk to me about how you got there.
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