Sollum Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with Optimal, aimed at revolutionizing greenhouse growing practices through the integration of advanced technologies. This collaboration combines Sollum’s dynamic LED lighting with Optimal’s AI-driven climate and irrigation control platform, allowing growers to execute their desired growing strategies with unprecedented precision, even in the face of rapidly changing weather conditions.
“Optimal is already helping growers create their ideal climate conditions with minimal manual intervention,” said Dave Hunter, CEO and Founder of Optimal. “Our solution enables growers to spend less than 10 minutes per week on climate and irrigation control, while achieving higher yields, better quality, and greater energy efficiency. Lighting is a crucial element in greenhouse management, and integrating Sollum’s dynamic LEDs allows our AI to adjust this critical component in real time. This partnership is a natural extension of our commitment to providing growers with the most advanced and efficient tools.”
The integration with Sollum’s proprietary SUN as a Service® platform enables Optimal’s AI to anticipate the impact of light and balance it with climate and irrigation in real time. The AI seamlessly updates settings in the grower’s existing control computer, resulting in a fully automated system that executes the growers’ strategies 24/7 across lighting, climate, and irrigation.
“Our dynamic lighting solution was designed to be adaptable, and this partnership takes that adaptability to new heights,” said François R.-Moisan, co-founder and CTO at Sollum Technologies. “By connecting with Optimal’s decision-making engine, our platform becomes even more responsive to the needs of crops. Together, we are offering growers a seamless and intelligent way to optimize their production processes.”
This collaboration between Sollum Technologies and Optimal represents a significant step forward in the development of smart greenhouse solutions, promising to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of modern agricultural practices.
