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Cloud-managed Irrigation Valves to Mitigate the Water Crisis with Devon Wright, Co-Founder and CEO of Lumo

Hardware to Save a Planet · 19 Jan 2023 · 45m · Episode 18

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Devon Wright, Co-Founder and CEO of Lumo, explains how his company is addressing the agricultural water crisis with cloud-managed smart irrigation valves. He details the shift from traditional wired controllers to wireless, solar-powered devices that provide real-time leak detection and precise water volume control. Wright discusses the business model of selling hardware with an annual subscription, the challenges of hardware development versus software, and his vision for using aggregated data to facilitate water rights trading.

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Lumo, Yelp, Toro, Orbit, Husqvarna, Crimson Wine, Pine Ridge, Sproutwood
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