Nikkei Asia | Dylan Loh

SINGAPORE — From its Malaysian factory in the state of Johor, Italian agro-food company Unigra makes ingredients from chocolate chips to cocoa powder used by confectioners for export across Asia to markets such as China, Taiwan and Thailand. But operations in the past year have “surprised” Denis Cavrini, the manufacturer’s International Commercial Direction for regions like the Asia-Pacific.

U.S. News & World Report | Matt Whittaker

Sky-high prices for cocoa, a key ingredient in chocolate products, mean confectioners are reducing the size of cocoa-based sweets. For investors, however, there are ways that cocoa can sweeten a portfolio, whether it be through equities or futures.

The Packer | Jill Dutton

The new platform evaluates the medium- and long-term climate risks facing an organization’s agricultural supply chain to secure sustainable sourcing. “We created our Supply Chain Climate Audits to give procurement teams the ability to proactively climate-proof their supply chains,” said Francisco Martin-Rayo, co-founder and CEO for Helios.

Food Logistics | Marina Mayer

Helios Artificial Intelligence (Helios AI) launched new Supply Chain Climate Audits (SC²A), designed to help companies address the growing climate risks impacting global agri-food supply chains. “At Helios, we've seen the accelerating pace of agricultural disruptions firsthand, from cocoa in Cote d’Ivoire to corn in the U.S. Midwest,” says Francisco Martin-Rayo, co-founder and CEO of Helios AI.

Press Release | Helios AI

Helios Artificial Intelligence (Helios AI), a leader in climate risk analysis for the agri-food industry, today announces the launch of its new Supply Chain Climate Audits (SC²A). The SC²A evaluates the medium and long term climate risks facing an organization’s agricultural supply chain to secure sustainable sourcing.

Integrity Research Associates | Michael Mayhew

A few weeks ago, Virginia-based Fintech firm Helios Artificial Intelligence launched a new AI platform dubbed CommodiTrack, which enables commodity buyers and traders to predict agricultural commodity prices based on the firm’s proprietary climate risk measure.

DistriFood (Dutch) | Daan Heijink

Fresh produce buyers at supermarkets need to find short-term back-ups for their suppliers, as deliveries are rapidly becoming more uncertain due to poor harvests. Anyone who still relies on one supplier for a particular fruit will sooner or later run into problems.

Food Ingredients First | Insha Naureen

Agricultural supply disruptions and price volatility are at an all-time high and keep getting worse with climate change, according to Francisco Martin-Rayo, CEO of Helios AI. The Virginia, US-based company has unveiled an AI tool that enhances supply chain resilience by predicting the price and availability of agricultural commodities.

Fresh Plaza

CommodiTrack is a dynamic, interactive platform that allows users to track, forecast and strategize to improve supply chain resiliency. The platform uses Helios' proprietary climate risk data set which includes over 500 billion unique risk signals generated by custom machine learning models specific to each of the 50+ crops being tracked, rather than generic weather information, giving users a unique advantage to predict where and why disruptions are likely to occur.

AgroSpectrum Asia | Hithaishi CB

AI tool revolutionizes agrifood supply chain resiliency, empowering decision makers with technology that predicts the price and availability of commodities

African Farming and Food Processing

Helios Artificial Intelligence, Inc., the leading AI company that predicts the price and availability of agricultural commodities, recently launched CommodiTrack, a revolutionary AI platform that gives agrifood buyers and traders unprecedented access to the climate risks impacting the commodities they care about.

Far Eastern Agriculture

“The launch of CommodiTrack is our response to the urgent needs of our customers in the face of increasing climate disruptions. Agrifood buyers and traders have never seen this level of climate and price volatility before, and the tools they’ve historically relied on are no longer working,” said Helios co-founder and CEO Francisco Martin-Rayo.

The Packer | Jill Dutton

CommodiTrack is a dynamic, interactive platform that allows users to track, forecast and strategize to improve supply chain resiliency, the company said. The platform uses Helios’ proprietary climate risk data set, which includes over 500 billion unique risk signals generated by custom machine learning models specific to each of the 50-plus crops being tracked, rather than generic weather information, giving users an advantage to predict where and why disruptions are likely to occur, according to a news release.

Press Release | Helios AI

Helios Artificial Intelligence, Inc., the leading AI company that predicts the price and availability of agricultural commodities, today launches CommodiTrack™, a first-of-its-kind AI platform that gives agrifood buyers and traders unprecedented access to the climate risks impacting the commodities they care about.

The Packer | Jill Dutton

While California’s fall fruits continue to flourish, the growing unpredictability of weather patterns poses new challenges for farmers. Tools such as artificial intelligence-driven platforms are now at the forefront of helping the agricultural industry anticipate and mitigate these risks, ensuring that future harvests remain abundant and diverse.

Machine Minds Podcast | Greg Toroosian

Interested in AI, Agriculture, Commodities, or Hedge Funds? Then check out Episode 46 of the Machine Minds Show with Francisco Martin-Rayo, Co-Founder of Helios! Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts to hear about Helios' eye-opening technology and the impact they're having.

StartupsMagazine | Eden Caniliar

Our very own co-founder / CTO was recently featured in Startups Magazine!

"When I first embarked on my career in AI, I wasn’t fully aware of the challenges or the triumphs that would come my way. What I did know was that I had a passion for data and a drive to solve problems that could make a real impact..."

Integrity Research | Michael Mayhem

Last week, Helios AI launched its flagship product that forecasts global soft commodities prices and supply drivers for grains, fruits and vegetables. This new service enables users interested in commodities to gain real-time access to the insights and transparency they need to make better decisions about where and when to source their agricultural commodities.

AgFunderNews | By: Elaine Watson

AI-powered startup Helios has launched what it claims is the world’s first global platform to forecast prices and availability of soft commodities from fruits and vegetables to cocoa.

Newswire | Press Release

Helios Artificial Intelligence, Inc., the leading AI company focused on predicting agricultural disruptions, launches the world’s first platform to forecast prices and supply availability of soft commodities on a global level.

Bluebook | IFPA Press Release

International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 has announced the 12 new companies that will join the Fresh Field Catalyst Accelerator for the 2024 cohort. The Accelerator program is designed to bring technology companies with ready to market solutions to the produce and floral industry to help make the supply chain more resilient and climate smart.

Inc.com | By: Ben Sherry

Why wait weeks for a report when artificial intelligence can generate one in seconds? Artificial intelligence is about to make your data analysis a whole lot faster. The process of turning data into an actionable report is crucial for business leaders, with Gartner predicting that the market for business intelligence and data analytics software will grow to $13 billion by 2025.

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Helios has closed a $1.85 million pre-seed funding round led by Los Angeles-based Supply Change Capital, with participation from Boston’s January Ventures. The Tysons, Va.-based company, which is building tools to monitor agricultural supply chains, also announced the launch of Cersi, an AI tool with a ChatGPT-style conversational feature.

VentureBeat | Carl Franzen

Whether or not you subscribe to the “butterfly effect” — coined by meteorologist Edward Lorenz in 1961, the theorem states that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could, through a chain of various interlinked meteorological events, ultimately cause a tornado in Texas — there’s no denying that events far from us on the other side of the world have an impact on our lives.

AgFunderNews | By Elaine Watson

Virginia-based startup Helios has launched an AI-powered supply chain analyst called Cersi and raised $1.85 million in a pre-seed round led by Supply Change Capital with participation from January Ventures.

Pulse 2.0 | By Amit Chowdhry

Helios – an analytics platform that predicts and mitigates risk in the agricultural supply chain – recently launched Cersi, the world’s first supply chain AI analyst. Helios has also secured $1.85 million in pre-seed funding led by Supply Change Capital with participation from January Ventures.

AiThority

Helios, the analytics platform that predicts and mitigates risk in the agricultural supply chain launched Cersi, the world’s first supply chain AI analyst. This revolutionary product allows supply chain executives to ask questions and gain crucial insights about their proprietary supply chains in seconds.

Agriculture Dive | By Sarah Zimmerman

Cersi, a virtual analyst introduced by agtech startup Helios, can be used by large food companies to manage commodity risks in the face of climate change and market volatility.

PR Newswire

Helios Artificial Intelligence, Inc., a cutting-edge supply chain platform provider, proudly unveils its breakthrough update that revolutionizes global catastrophe tracking…

KXNews | By Lauren Davis

Artificial Intelligence continues to evolve, each and every day. And recently, the first phase of a new AI service could transform the way companies produce their goods. Helios Artificial Intelligence, Inc. is currently testing the beta phase of its AI service, which aims to predict ag supply chain disruptions before they happen.

DRGNews | By Jody Heemstra

Helios Artificial Intelligence, Inc. launched the open beta of its platform that will identify agricultural supply chain disruptions ahead of time. The company’s founder and CEO says they’ve created a one-stop platform for agricultural importers to understand the risks to their supply chain and get ahead of their competitors.