The Aisprid story: From spark to industrial reality
2020 : Recognizing the urgency and the spark
How can we feed a growing population sustainably when the agricultural world is facing severe labor shortages?
How do we address food challenges in an agricultural landscape undergoing rapid transformation, where work-related stress and physical strain have overshadowed its core purpose: feeding humanity?
A shared conviction. A pivotal meeting.
Nicolas, Morgan, and Pierre-Edouard, convinced that advanced technology must serve living plants, founded Aisprid (“isprid” meaning spirit in Breton, prefixed with “AI” for Artificial Intelligence).
Based in Saint-Malo (France), they designed their first prototypes in close collaboration with local growers.
2021 – 2023: The deleafing pivot
In late 2020, Aisprid made a major strategic decision: focus its technological excellence on tomato plant deleafing: a repetitive, critical operation that is increasingly hard for growers to staff.
The start-up entered several competitions and received overwhelming support. Aisprid joined the Emergys business incubator and set up base at the Odyssée startup hub in Saint-Malo.
In 2021, an initial €4.6 million fundraising round boosted R&D and accelerated robot deployment, moving from the lab to testing the first pre-series units directly in greenhouses.
2022 and 2023 were marked by accelerated R&D, industrialization, and deeper collaboration with the fruit and vegetable sector. Aisprid partnered with forward-thinking growers ready to address tomorrow’s agricultural challenges.
Aisprid deployed its first industrial pre-series autonomous robots in working greenhouses. Nicolas and Morgan structured the company to turn innovation into a reliable, field-ready tool.
2024 – 2025: Acceleration and scaling up
The year 2024 marked a decisive turning point.
The reliability of our solution was recognized with the prestigious SIVAL Gold Innovation Award 2024 in France, as well as being named Winner of the GreenTech Robot Challenge Award 2024 in the Netherlands.
To meet growing market demand, Aisprid raised €10 million in January 2025. This major funding round allowed us to accelerate our product roadmap (doubling capacity with night-time deleafing, full autonomy for row changes, etc.) and kickstart our international expansion.
The company expanded its workforce and moved into new industrial facilities.
Today: A large-scale deployed solution
Aisprid is no longer a research project: it is a field-proven reality!
Our Aisprid robots are now an everyday tool for tomato growers.
- 50+ robots operating daily in French, Belgian, and Dutch greenhouses
- Nearly 40 employees innovating side-by-side with growers every day
- A production facility in Saint-Malo to maintain full control over the assembly chain
And this is just the beginning!
