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Mar 26, 2025 34 min

mindnrobotics: Building Smart Plantations with Tech?

from Open For Business Hosted by BFM Media

mindnrobotics, a Malaysian IOT and robotics company, has spent over a decade building automation solutions, but recently has focused its efforts on the agriculture and plantations industry. In this episode of Open For Business, we speak with Founder & CEO Ts. Zhafri Baharudin and Co-Founder & COO Shahid Bakar about their company’s 15-year journey, including its pivot from general robotics to AI-powered agri-tech, and what they’re trying to do. We explore how solutions like CanopyNet (a mobile mesh network designed for palm oil plantations) aim to tackle labor shortages and enable smart farming. While still bootstrapped, mindnrobotics has grown steadily, now generating 7-figure annual revenue with 30% growth. With commercial pilots underway and funding conversations in motion, the team is looking to scale its innovations across Southeast Asia. They also share their long-term vision for building a globally competitive, locally grounded robotics firm focused on food security, sustainability, and tech enablement.

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