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🐄 AI collars turning cows into programmable assets A startup called Halter just hit a $2B valuation after raising from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund betting big on automating farming with AI. Software is now managing livestock What it does: • Solar-powered GPS collars guide cows using sound + vibration replaces physical fences with “virtual boundaries”. • Farmers control herds from a mobile app • tracks health, fertility, and movement in real time • core AI system (“Cowgorithm”) automates herd decisions Traction: l hundreds of thousands of cows already connected • ~11,000 miles of virtual fencing deployed • subscription model: ~$5–$8 per cow/month • saves farmers major infrastructure + labor costs • round was reportedly oversubscribed why investors care: • combines hardware + SaaS → sticky recurring revenue • turns farms into data-driven systems • expands AI from software into the physical world • fits Founders Fund’s playbook: backing infrastructure shifts Risks: • hardware scaling is hard • farmer adoption can be slow • needs reliable connectivity in rural areas • not a pure software margin business This is what “AI eating the world” looks like not apps, but entire industries becoming programmable. @aipost🏴