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Our Mission
Koidra is at the forefront of climate tech innovation, offering intelligent automation solutions that enable high-tech greenhouses, biomass energy facilities, and food processing plants to excel in both sustainability and production efficiency. We are dedicated to helping these industries reduce their environmental impact while maximizing operational effectiveness.

By integrating advanced machine learning, IoT technologies, and principles from Math and Physics, our systems extend the precision and efficiency of operations beyond what's possible through human efforts alone. Koidra's smart automation empowers facilities to broaden their control, minimize reliance on manual expertise, and embrace a scalable approach to environmental responsibility in industrial automation.
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Our Founder Story

Dr. Kenneth Tran always has a passion for innovating technology to solve real-world problems. In 2017, he became interested in indoor agriculture and saw potentials for intelligent automation to transform the industry. Under his leadership, the Microsoft team won the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge 2018.

Growing up in a family with a manufacturing background, Tran architected his family-owned wood pellet factory to address obsolete data analytics and operation technology. That experience drove him to combine machine learning research and industrial control expertise to create intelligent automation solutions that disrupt the incumbent manufacturing industries. Tran’s passion for solving real-world problems continues to push the company forward as he remains committed to using technology to create a better, more sustainable world with Koidra.

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Our Culture

Koidra’s culture is built upon a foundation of values that drive our actions and relationships.

By positioning customers at the forefront of everything we do, we constantly innovate to help them operate more efficiently, sustainably and continuously. Our core principles include transparency, ownership, bias for action, and more.

We embrace growth mindset and continuous improvement as well as take pride in constantly developing our skills to reach new heights.

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Intelligent Automation Simplified

Intelligent automation (IA), fueled by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and the industrial internet of things (IIoT), is at the forefront of modern smart manufacturing. It integrates expertise from various disciplines, such as applied physics, machine learning, and distributed software design, to develop a robust, real-time decision system that is both scientifically and data-driven.
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Taxonomy of Koidra's technology

Koidra is transforming industrial process automation, autonomous growing and contributing to advancements in the clean tech industry.
Industrial Process Automation

We are re-designing industrial automation in the era of IoT and cloud computing. Our technology makes industrial automation smarter, easier to deploy and evolve, hence, more scalable.

Physics-Informed Machine Learning

AI on IoT data is at the core of our research to make automation smarter, more efficient and scalable. Our cross-disciplinary technology combines Machine Learning, IoT, and fundamental sciences to enhance digital decision making beyond human capabilities.

Autonomous Growing

We have won back-to-back autonomous greenhouse challenges. We are providing autonomous growing solutions to some of the top greenhouse operators in North America.

Clean Technology

Our efficient growing solution does not only increase yield but also reduces the usage of fertilizer, pesticide and water for each kilogram of produce. It relieves the pressure by traditional farming practices and directs horticulture future towards sustainability.

Koidra’s application domains

Koidra is transforming industrial process automation, autonomous growing and contributing to advancements in the clean tech industry.
Industrial process automation

We are redefining the landscape of process automation in the era of IoT and cloud computing. Our technology makes industrial automation smarter, easier to deploy, and highly scalable.

Autonomous growing

Through our expertise, consecutive wins in autonomous greenhouse challenges, and collaborations with industry leaders, we assist growers in improving yield, optimizing resources, and achieving full autonomy.

Impact in the clean tech space

Our efficient growing solution does not only increase yield but also reduces the usage of fertilizer, pesticide and water for each kilogram of produce. It relieves the pressure by traditional farming practices and directs horticulture future towards sustainability.

Advanced technologies as the foundation of our solutions

Physics-informed Machine Learning (PIML)

PIML harnesses the capabilities of both machine learning and the underlying physical laws governing a system. By integrating these two components, PIML can effectively develop models that accurately predict and optimize the behavior of the system in question.

Model Predictive Control (MPC)

While PIML focuses on developing accurate predictive models, MPC technology utilizes these models to optimize real-time system behavior and control inputs. This results in optimal performance, maximum resource utilization, and increased productivity in dynamic settings.

Digital Twin

Digital Twin technology complements both PIML and MPC by providing a virtual representation of the physical system. It facilitates validation, experimentation, and analysis, enhancing the performance and accuracy of predictive models developed through PIML and supporting real-time optimization and control in MPC.

Back-to-Back Victories in the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenges

Did you know that we are the pioneer and leader of autonomous growing technology? Koidra has triumphed in consecutive Autonomous Greenhouse Challenges, consistently outperforming both the reference expert growers and all competing teams.

Endorsed by Industry Leaders

Our innovative solutions are embraced by top commercial greenhouses, empowering them to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced world. Esteemed research institutions and government agencies, including the USDA and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, also recognize and support our cutting-edge technology through research grants.

Repeated Wins in the Autonomous
Greenhouse Challenges

Koidra is the leading provider of autonomous growing technology. We won the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenges twice, consistently outperforming both reference expert growers and competing teams.

Endorsed by Industry Leaders

Koidra's solutions are choosen by top commercial greenhouses. Esteemed research institutions and government agencies, including the USDA and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, also recognize and support our cutting-edge technology through research grants.
We transform the greenhouse industry with an unparalleled track record of success.

Remarkable achievements in commercial trials, boosting hydroponic cucumber yield by 19.8% and organic eggplant yield by 27.6%

Consecutive victories in the prestigious Autonomous Greenhouses Challenge, surpassing expert growers and boosting net profit to 27.8%

Recipient of grants from USDA and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for groundbreaking research in enhancing crop productivity and sustainability

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