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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Research Park

    AgAnswers AI, Inc.

     

    vikram.s.adve@gmail.com | 217-390-0467 | aganswers.ai

     

    1800 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL

     

    Overview

    AgAnswers AI is a University of Illinois spinout developing AI-powered advisory tools for agriculture. The company builds on the CropWizard research project — a generative AI system trained on over 450,000 land-grant university documents — to deliver accurate, data-driven agronomic guidance to farmers, agronomists, and agribusiness professionals worldwide. AgAnswers AI is led by Vikram Adve, Donald B. Gillies Professor of Computer Science at UIUC and director of the AIFARMS National AI Institute, one of the USDA NIFA-funded national institutes for artificial intelligence in agriculture.

    AgAnswers at Research Park

        • CS professor Vikram Adve speaks on AI in agriculture before Congress (Siebel School of Computing and Data Science)
        • Building Trust in AI Agronomy Through Transparent Benchmarking — Center for Digital Agriculture, Jan 2026
        • AIFARMS National AI Institute — AI for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability

     

    Positions and Skills at AgAnswers

     

      • AgAnswers AI seeks candidates with backgrounds in computer science, AI/machine learning, agricultural science, and software engineering. Roles may include research engineers, data scientists, and full-stack developers working on generative AI systems for agricultural applications.

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