Optimal greenhouse performance,
every season
The most advanced operating platform for greenhouses - optimise revenue, minimise costs, eliminate error.
Better than a top-performing grower
Yield
+13%
Taste
+14%
Energy usage
-27%
CO2 usage
-20%
Deep operating experience combined with AI
We combine deep operating expertise with proprietary AI technology to deliver breakthrough profitability and reliability for greenhouse owners.
Our AI technology simulates your entire greenhouse and understands the impact of decisions before they are made, increasing yield and quality, minimising costs, and eliminating error.
Access >125Ha of operating experience
Our greenhouse operations team, led by Frank van Kleef, has set up and operated >125Ha of high-tech greenhouses across 40+ years and 3 continents.
Royal Pride, 75Ha, Netherlands
MightyVine, 12Ha, USA
Backyard Farms, 18Ha, USA
HortiPolaris, 8Ha, China
Optimal’s AI-powered commercial greenhouse
We operate our own commercial greenhouse in the Netherlands, in the heart of the global greenhouse industry. This is where we develop and test our latest technology. We are producing a wide variety of crop types and varieties with breakthrough yield and resource efficiency. Our produce is available to buy at Dutch retailers today!
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David Hunter
Founder + Chief Executive Officer
In 2017, David left the Machine Learning Research Group at Oxford University to bring advanced AI control technology to the greenhouse industry.
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Frank van Kleef
Chief Horticulture Officer
Frank built one of the largest greenhouse companies in the world, Royal Pride. He has helped set up and operate greenhouses across the world.
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Richard Mason
Chief Technology Officer
Richard has built technology at several high-tech companies. He has a PhD in Optimisation from Oxford University.
Securing our food system for the future
Optimal’s mission is to accelerate the deployment of sustainable greenhouses across the world to provide billions of people with healthy fruits and vegetables in a way which is resilient to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change and using a fraction of the land and water that is currently needed to grow our food.
Our incredible investors
Acequia Capital, Backed VC, Entrepreneur First, Founders Fund: Leading US and European deep technology investors who have backed SpaceX, Tesla, and other incredible companies.
Edward Grefenstette: Director of AI Research at Google DeepMind.
Wendy Tan White: Former Vice President at Google X. CEO of Intrinsic.
Charlie Songhurst: Former head of strategy at Microsoft.
