Posted on 03/22/2026 1:51:06 AM PDT by srmanuel
Peter Theil's Founder's Club Venture Capital Fund is investing 2 billion dollars in a New Zealand AI startup called Halter which uses collars placed on cattle to herd and geofence them and potentially removing the need for physical fencing. The collars are solar powered and allow ranchers to control the movement of cattle from their phone. The collars can be used to drive cattle to new pasture and new sources of food and water. It sounds sort of crazy to me, but I'm not a rancher and don't know how much this type of technology assuming it works will benefit cattle ranchers.
All the technology for this currently exists.
Just by stating the idea, it is pretty easily replicable.
So, a $2B valuation?
This is a very valuable idea. And they had better have a perfected way of protecting the IP, or they’ll lose their investment right quick!
Moo, Moo, Moo…. Hello cow number 83 I need to come to the barn and drink some water. Have a good day, your AI Farmer over and out.
First the four legged and then the two? Designer herding collars to boutiques and haberdashery near you....democrat and Gaia worshipper approved.
In my line of work, I know a couple of cow/calf producers who have invested in this technology. Quite expensive but they believe they are getting 30% more utilization on their grass acres.
MFO
IIRC-—NEW ZEALAND HAS FAR MORE SHEEP THAN CATTLE.
RATIO===4.5 to 1 HUMAN
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