State of Play on AI: What the Last 12 Months Have Changed for Agrifood As we approach the end of 2025, it feels like an appropriate moment to pause and take stock of how far AI has progressed — not in theory, but in practice. At Artesian’s inaugural Yield agrifood summit, two sessions in particular crystallised this shift. Dawid Naude (Pathfindr) and Vinod Bijlani (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) offered complementary perspectives on where AI is heading, what has materially chang

A recently released white paper, Rethinking Venture Capital for the African Market , makes an argument that resonates deeply with our work at Artesian: the Silicon Valley playbook for venture capital simply doesn’t translate to operationally intensive, real-economy sectors. What’s striking is how closely the paper’s conclusions align with the structural problems we’ve been designing around for years. The mismatch between traditional VC and sectors like agrifood, health, mini

Last week in Melbourne, Artesian hosted the inaugural Yield agrifood innovation summit — a working forum designed to bridge capital, research, and on-farm adoption across Australia’s agricultural ecosystem. Over two days, more than 80 leaders from RDCs, DAFF, corporates, growers, universities, startups and investors joined for open, practical and future-focused discussions about the opportunities and challenges shaping Australian agriculture. From the outset, the mission of

The global race for critical minerals is transforming how the mining industry thinks about growth, capability, and competitiveness. Geopolitical realignments, decarbonisation targets, and rapid technological change are reshaping the sector faster than internal R&D budgets or capital projects can adapt. For mining companies, governments, and investors, the challenge is no longer whether to support innovation - it’s how to invest in startups that can deliver both financial retu

Following our engagement piece on Australian Ports published in June 2025, we have continued to explore a nascent segment of the labelled...