# Weed-killing robots are threatening giant chemical companies’ business models

https://blog.cynexia.com/weed-killing-robots-are-threatening-giant-chemical-companies-business-models

Author: [Rob Aleck](https://blog.cynexia.com/pages/about) · https://github.com/mnbf9rca · https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertaleck/ · https://family-foqos.app/

Published: 2018-05-22
Categories: LinkedIn cross-post


Using technology for good - in this case to reduce the amount of pesticide and the cost of seed-stock (you no longer need to buy the special seed which is only available, at a premium, from the manufacturer of the herbicide or pesticide you plan to use) - is what many of us enter the technology industry for. [https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611196/weed-killing-robots-are-threatening-giant-chemical-companies-business-models/](<https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611196/weed-killing-robots-are-threatening-giant-chemical-companies-business-models/>)[https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611196/weed-killing-robots-are-threatening-giant-chemical-companies-business-models/](<https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/05/22/142786/weed-killing-robots-are-threatening-giant-chemical-companies-business-models/>)AI-powered weed hunters could soon reduce the need for herbicides and genetically modified crops.