MACSO Technologies, a pioneer in sensory AI integration for hardware companies, and Unigen Corporation, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of enterprise and industrial electronics, have announced a partnership to bring on-premise AI capabilities to livestock farms. The companies will aggregate computing resources, sensors and AI software on-prem so that farms can self-manage their animal herds and significantly improve the time to discover and treat animals’ illnesses.
Each year, countless animals, including livestock, pets and aquatic species, suffer from preventable diseases due to rising animal populations and a decline in farms, farmers and vets. MACSO’s AI-powered sensors enable early disease detection, significantly reducing animal mortality while addressing carbon emissions, hunger, malnutrition and poverty through more sustainable animal health management.
MACSO is currently focused on the swine market, where respiratory illnesses account for 60% of swine deaths globally. Using MACSO’s AI-enabled audio sensors, farms can continuously monitor the health of their livestock to flag signs of disease early.
Unigen is working with MACSO to integrate their software into Unigen’s Poundcake AI inference server solution, which dramatically lowers the cost of high-performance edge AI and can alleviate the issues of connecting to the Cloud from remote farm locations. This hardware solution also provides a platform for a farm’s entire computing resources. Additionally, trusted veterinarians and other stakeholders can access, get alerts and remotely log in to see the data to enable real-time decision making.
“A typical farm can have multiple barns with herds of up to 2,400 pigs in a single barn”, said Saba Samiei, CEO of MACSO. “With this new combination of sensors and AI software, third-party trials have demonstrated that MACSO’s solution can detect respiratory illness in swine days earlier than a trained human operator, significantly reducing death rates and antibiotic usage.”
“By applying our unique approach to AI inference in high powered servers, Unigen is making it affordable for farmers and veterinarians to have the latest in AI server technology while keeping their data on-prem and secure,” said Paul W. Heng, founder and CEO of Unigen. “This partnership with MACSO is an exciting next step as we bring our AI solutions into new industries. From retail, security, agriculture and beyond, we’re proud to help businesses adopt AI solutions that run locally, without relying on the Cloud.”
MACSO and Unigen attended World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, last week to meet with attendees and provide details about their new solutions to farmers, veterinarians and pharmaceutical scientists.
