Brief Description

"AgNext solves the problem of trust and transparency in global food value chains using advanced data sciences. At AgNext, we have innovated and developed a full-stack integrated platform, Qualix that can provide instant, on-site assessments for food quality and process monitoring across the value chains. This helps agribusinesses to procure better quality at right prices, enabled by data-led decisions. By providing high-impact digital agriculture solutions, AgNext helps agribusinesses to improve quality, optimize costs and ensure food traceability.

Using ‘Qualix’ AI engine, AgNext deploys solutions based on NIR spectrometry, computer vision and IoT sensing, along with integrated hardware and software interfaces. With this approach, agribusinesses can bypass the ambiguous and arbitrary manual interventions, and adopt a better, fairer and more transparent food quality assessment solution.

Our current focus has been grains, oilseeds, pulses, spices, herbs, milk, feed & tea, which render its market deployments across various supply chains in Indian and International Markets.
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Year of Foundation - 2016

List of use case/product/solution - Qualix - A SaaS platform for rapid food quality assessment

Description of use case/product/solution - "AgNext’s dynamic quality assessment solutions can be deployed at any intersection of the food value chain- farm-gates, warehouses, e-Platforms, food processors, traders and many more.

We provide Quality-as-a-Service, primarily through two aspects-
- Rapid on-field food quality assessment: We have designed SpecX hardware that can be adapted for different geographies to instantly analyze a wide range of food commodities, through physical & chemical assessments.
- Qualix software suite: The data gathered through SpecX hardware is available on ‘Qualix’ dashboard, providing real-time visibility of on-ground operations. Additionally, this data can be curated to generate critical business insights to improve procurement, operations and consistent quality output across seasons.

With our on-edge AI-driven deep learning solutions, we empower agribusinesses by standardizing food quality, strengthen buyer-seller relations by building trust, and increase profitability by inducing greater price realization for stakeholders in the food value chain. Qualix can be easily integrated with existing ERP systems of companies as well."

Our customers - Nafed, Olam, Cofco, Arya Collateral, Goodricke Tea, Rossel Tea, Bokahola Tea & many more

GPU infrastructure - Jetson Nano, Jetson TX2, Jetson Xavier NX, Quadro & RTX

Software stack - CUDA-X, TensorRT