# Ceres AI

> Ceres AI (formerly Ceres Imaging) is an Oakland-based agtech company that flies fixed-wing aircraft over farmland with custom-built spectral sensors, then uses machine learning to turn the resulting imagery into plant-level insight on water, nutrients and crop stress. Founded in 2014 during California's drought, the company now serves growers, agribusinesses, lenders and insurers across four continents.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Oakland, California, United States
- **Founders:** Ashwin Madgavkar (Founder (former CEO))
- **Team size:** ~59
- **Products:** Farm Solutions, Sustainability Solutions, Risk Solutions, Portfolio Insights
- **Notable:** Captured more than 11 billion plant-level data points, Operating across four continents and 40+ crop types, Rebranded from Ceres Imaging to Ceres AI to reflect machine-learning core

## Products & services

- **Farm Solutions** — Aerial imagery and analytics that flag irrigation issues, plant stress and disease early enough to act on them in-season.
- **Sustainability Solutions** — Customized scorecards and GHG / resource-use reporting for agribusinesses with sustainability commitments.
- **Risk Solutions** — Hazard damage assessment, claim appraisals and underwriting inputs for crop insurance.
- **Portfolio Insights** — Farm-level analytics that help ag lenders and investors evaluate land, monitor risk and make better-informed deployment decisions.

## Achievements

- Captured more than 11 billion plant-level data points
- Operating across four continents and 40+ crop types
- Rebranded from Ceres Imaging to Ceres AI to reflect machine-learning core
- Raised approximately $100M total across multiple rounds

## Latest updates

- **2022-12** — Ramsey Masri appointed CEO, succeeding founder Ashwin Madgavkar.
- **2024** — Company rebrands from Ceres Imaging to Ceres AI.
- **2025-11** — Raises an additional $13M venture round.
- **2025** — Reports targeting $17M+ ARR and exploring a Series E with longer-term IPO ambitions.

## Links

- Website: https://ceres.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ceres-a-i
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ceresimaging
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ceresimaging
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ceresimaging/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ceresimaging/

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Last updated: 2026-05-19