Articles
- Irish entrepreneur brings agtech innovation to US farms [May 2025]
- Swine behavior research earns state innovation grant [Aug 2025]
- Penn Vet professor Thomas Parsons and Philadelphia-based tech firm AgriGates receive inaugural state innovation grants – University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine [Aug 2025]
- The future of farming | The River Reporter [ Aug 2025]
- Collaboration Builds Precision Swine Innovation, Lancaster Farming (Newspaper) [Oct 2025].
- Farm Show roundtable examines technology’s impact on PA agriculture – City & State Pennsylvania [Jan 2025]
White Papers
- FCC Report – Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States: PATF-report-final-122324.pdf (presented contributions are mentioned on pages 59-60 and 77) [2025]
Peer Review
Talks
- Pennsylvania Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, “How Technology Powers Pennsylvania Agriculture Roundtable” [Jan 2025] [Link]
- National Institute of Animal Science/ Kansas City Ag Innovation Forum. Talk title: AI and Agriculture: Data Utilization and the Future of Agriculture. [Feb 2025]
- Penn Vet Center for Food Security and Animal Stewardship. Talk title: Opportunities and Challenges with ML and Big Data in Precision Livestock Farming. [Feb 2025]
- European Federation of Animal Science, Innsbruck, Austria, [Aug 2025]
- Optimizing Machine Learning (ML) Models for Automated Detection of Calf Behaviors
- Ethical Approval and Review in Digital Welfare Research: Navigating the Space Between Research Institutions and Industry
- Animal Welfare Research Network Workshop. Talk title: Review: Establishing precision, bias, and reproducibility standards for dairy cattle behavior sensors. [Sept 2025]
- Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica. Talk titled: From Behavior to Digital Insights: Using Sensors, Data, and AI for Welfare and Sustainability in Livestock. [Oct 2025]
- Purdue and Google AI summit, talk title: AI for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems [Nov 2025]
- Perdue Animal Science Department Seminar. Talk title: From Behavior to Insights:
- Using Sensors, Data, and AI to improve Welfare and Sustainability in Livestock Agriculture. [Nov 2025]
- Team PA, Advanced Agriculture collaboration, talk title: AgriTech in Pennsylvania, What’s next? [Nov 2025]
- Penn Vet Center for Food Security and Animal Stewardship. Talk title: Data: Sensors, Management, Governance, and Ethics [Dec 2025]
Launched Data Standards
- 3 Axis Accelerometers – in Animal Agriculture, Defining a Standard [V1] – 3 Axis Accelerometers – in Animal Agriculture, Defining a Standard [V1] | Knowledge Base
- Expanding Data Standards to Improve Animal Behavioral Sensing Through Gyroscopes, Magnetometers, and Quaternions – Expanding Data Standards to Improve Animal Behavioral Sensing Through Gyroscopes, Magnetometers, and Quaternions | Knowledge Base
Research Positions
- European Federation of Animal Science, Industry Representative for Precision Livestock farming 2022 to 2028 (elected two terms) – Daniel Foy
- European Federation of Animal Science, Chair of the Sensor and Standards Development for Research Activities into Animal Behavior and Biometrics (SENSTARA), 2025 to 2029 (first term elected) – Daniel Foy
- DAT-AI-LAB (Data, Analysis, Technology for Artificial Intelligence in Livestock Animal Behavior), established in October 2025 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, part of The Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security. Founding Member and Leader – Daniel Foy
Grants in 2025
- Centre for Poultry and Livestock Excellence, Pennsylvania, title: An Integrated Behavioral Data Platform for Machine-Learning (ML) Auto Annotation: Enhancing PA Research Capabilities.
- Ag Innovation Grant, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, title: Advancing precision livestock agri-tech.
Awards
- 1682: the business of innovation conference, best AI start-up in the PA region [October 2025]
- Top Capstone Project, Data Sciences Department, UBC, project title – Advancing and Exploring Video Annotation and Auto-Annotation for Animal Behavior Studies.
2026 Focus & Objectives
2026 is a growth and execution year for AgriGates, transitioning from validation to scale.
Primary goals for 2026:
- Close Seed Round
- We aim to complete our Seed financing to accelerate growth across product, data infrastructure, and go-to-market execution.
- Capital will be used to:
- Scale AgTag production and deployment (Revenue stream)
- Expand data and ML capabilities and revenue generating tools
- Build operational and software engineering capacity
- Launch the DAT-AI-LAB (Penn Vet, New Bolton Center)
- Officially open the DAT-AI-LAB (Data, Analytics, and Technology for AI in Livestock Animal Behavior).
- Planned opening event in late spring / early summer 2026.
- Confirmed involvement from the PA Secretary of Agriculture
- Actively pursuing participation from the Governor’s Office
- Position AgriGates team members on-site, including engineering and data science roles.
- Establish the lab as a national center for digital animal behavior, welfare analytics, and applied AI.
- Revenue Growth & Commercial Expansion
- Convert existing proposals and pilots into multi-year commercial agreements.
- Scale deployments across additional farms and species.
- Continue expanding relationships with multinational partners and distributors.
- Achieve targeted revenue growth aligned with Seed-stage execution plans.
Why This Matters
AgriGates sits at the intersection of:
- Livestock welfare & health
- AI-driven behavioral intelligence
- Sustainable, profitable agriculture
With validation, institutional partnerships, early revenue, and a strong pipeline in place, 2026 is about turning momentum into scale.
We appreciate the continued interest and support and look forward to sharing progress as we enter this next phase.