The soil intelligence company joins the program's Scale tier for AI first startups, receiving up to $250,000 in Google Cloud credits in the first year (up to $350,000 over two years) to scale its 50+ TB genomic database and soil microbiome language model, Bactobert
-- Every harvest starts underground, yet the biology inside the soil remains agriculture's biggest blind spot. Solena is changing that.
Solena, the soil intelligence company that reads the soil microbiome through DNA sequencing and AI, today announced it has been accepted into the Google for Startups Cloud Program under the Scale tier for AI first startups. Through the program, Solena will receive up to $250,000 in Google Cloud credits in the first year (up to $350,000 over two years), along with technical resources and support to build on Google Cloud.
The credits are applied to Solena's eligible Google Cloud usage. In the first year, they cover 100% of eligible usage up to $250,000. In the second year, they cover 20% of eligible usage up to an additional $100,000.
Soil holds billions of microorganisms that decide how well crops grow, how much fertilizer they need, and how resilient a field is to disease and climate stress. Solena has built a proprietary database of more than 50 terabytes of soil genomic data and trained specialized language models, including Bactobert, to read that biology the way other AI reads text. Its platform has already been used across 40+ crops and more than 200,000 acres.
As Solena builds on Google Cloud, it will focus on four priorities:
- A global biological data foundation: unifying its infrastructure to process 50+ TB of genomic data at scale.
- Faster deep tech: accelerating the R&D and deployment of Solena's own soil microbiome LLMs, including Bactobert.
- Real time field intelligence: AI advisors that turn complex biology into actionable insights for labs and agronomists.
- The Ag Market Engine: an intelligent matching engine that links every field diagnosis to the exact inputs it needs.
"Soil holds more data than any other asset on a farm, and almost none of it gets used," said Irving Rivera, Cofounder and CEO of Solena. "Being part of the Google for Startups Cloud Program gives us the computing power to read that biology at scale and turn it into a decision a grower can act on today. We are building the operating system for soil intelligence."
Solena was previously selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change in 2023. Its platform is live and open for sign up at platform.solena.ag.
About Solena
Solena Ag, Inc. is a soil intelligence company that reads the soil microbiome through DNA sequencing and AI to help growers, agronomists, and agribusinesses make better decisions in the field. Its platform combines soil biomarker genomics, a Soil Health Score, and AI driven input prescriptions, and has been used across 40+ crops and more than 200,000 acres. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Solena operates labs and offices in the United States, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and the Netherlands. According to the company, it has been backed by a DNA sequencing company's startup accelerator, an agrifood tech investor in Latin America, and a venture capital firm, and selected for a startup program run by a global AI computing company. Learn more at solena.ag.
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