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BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart and Cropin, an AI-powered food and agriculture solutions provider, have partnered to enhance sourcing practices and strengthen the retailer’s supply chain across the United States and South America. By leveraging Cropin’s advanced agri-intelligence platform, Walmart aims to optimize yield forecasting, monitor crop health, and predict seasonal transitions with unprecedented accuracy.
Founded in 2010, Cropin is an AI platform for food and agriculture. As a pioneer in the Ag-Intelligence movement, Cropin has partnered with over 100 B2B customers, digitizing 30 million acres of farmland and impacting more than seven million farmers worldwide. The company’s crop knowledge graph covers 500 crops and 10,000 varieties across 103 countries, powering the Cropin Cloud with intelligence built around over one billion acres of the world’s cultivable land.
Through this collaboration, Cropin’s AI-powered technology will help Walmart navigate the challenges of climate change, market volatility, and supply chain disruptions. The initiative is designed to ensure a steady supply of high-quality, perishable commodities while reducing waste and improving product availability for customers.
Extreme weather events and macroeconomic uncertainties pose significant risks to food supply chains in a rapidly evolving agricultural landscape. Walmart, a pioneer in tech-driven transformation, is embracing cutting-edge AI solutions to enhance efficiency and sustainability in the food retail sector. Cropin’s proprietary AI-powered platform provides real-time insights into crop readiness, quality forecasts, and risk assessments, allowing for a shift from traditional sourcing methods to precision-driven decision-making.
“Tech innovation is what drives real-world solutions to move forward a globally resilient supply chain,” said Kyle Carlyle, Vice President of Sourcing Innovation and Surety of Supply, Walmart. “By collaborating with Cropin, it enables Walmart to further streamline sourcing practices and better predict yields using their real-time Gen-AI technology. We are always looking for new ways to innovate and Cropin demonstrates our bold innovation goals in the agriculture space.”
Cropin’s AI-powered neural networks provide granular, localized insights into crop health, pest outbreaks, and extreme weather risks. By integrating this intelligence into its supply chain, Walmart can improve pricing strategies, enhance sustainability compliance, and maximize the shelf life of fresh produce. The platform’s sustainability impact dashboard also tracks greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water usage, and deforestation impact, ensuring compliance with global regulations such as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
Krishna Kumar, Founder and CEO of Cropin, expressed enthusiasm for the partnership, stating, “I’m delighted to start 2025 on such a high note with this significant milestone in our journey. Collaborating with Walmart is both an honor and an invaluable learning for us at Cropin. We are deeply excited about delivering on our commitments to help shape a new era of agri-food sourcing. As a champion and role model in the retail sector, Walmart has consistently set the bar by evolving best practices, not just for the company but for the sector as a whole. In my 14 years of driving tech and AI-enabled transformations in the agri-food industry, the last few years have been particularly promising, as stakeholders in the agri-food space recognize that technology in upstream agriculture is no longer a luxury, but a necessity to future-proof business models. Our collaboration with Walmart reflects this ongoing shift, and we look forward to exceeding their expectations, strengthening our position as a trusted enabler of future growth.”
