Bangkok-based Aquawise takes satellite images of fish and shrimp farms and feeds them into its physics-based AI model that monitors the water for things like temperature, level of chlorophyl, and oxygen levels.<\/p>\n
Aquawise\u2019s platform can monitor water quality continuously; traditional methods monitor daily or weekly. Aquawise also offers tracking and predictions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWater quality is one of the most important things in aquaculture,\u201d Patipond Tiyapunjanit, co-founder and CEO of Aquawise, told TechCrunch. \u201cIt\u2019s like being a human: You have to breathe. The aquatic life, they are living in the water all the time. If the water quality does not stay at the optimal level, it could cause the stress, it could cause disease outbreak, and a lot of things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aquawise will be showcasing its tech as part of this year\u2019s Startup Battlefield<\/a> competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025<\/a>, which runs October 27 to 29 at San Francisco\u2019s Moscone West.<\/p>\n Nineteen-year-old Tiyapunjanit said that the idea for the company started with a love of shrimp that led to a research project about shrimp larvae.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco While presenting his project at the 2023 Young Scientist Competition, he met his co-founders, Chanati Jantrachotechatchawan and Kobchai Duangrattanalert, who were advising a rival team. Jantrachotechatchawan and Duangrattanalert were impressed by Tiyapunjanit and ended up advising Tiyapunjanit\u2019s project, which went on to win the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.<\/p>\n Then the trio had to figure out what to do next.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to step back and try to find the most important problem in this industry,\u201d Tiyapunjanit said. \u201cWe found that it is a water quality problem; 80% of farms in aquaculture today are facing it. It cost almost $30 billion of losses each year.\u201d<\/p>\n That became the foundation for Aquawise which was founded in 2024.<\/p>\n Water quality isn\u2019t as big of an issue for aquaculture farms in regions like the United States and Europe, but is a much bigger problem in developing regions like Southeast Asia, Duangrattanalert told TechCrunch. Farmers in this region can\u2019t afford monitoring technology and instead rely on weather reports and manual checks on the water, despite the potential consequences of poor water quality.<\/p>\n Aquawise\u2019s first idea was to use sonar to monitor water quality, Duangrattanalert said. Their original idea was to use acoustic sonar to capture data from water \u2014 and even tested it on a tank of fish at Tiyapunjanit\u2019s house \u2014 before realizing that it would still be too big of a financial hurdle for farmers.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want people, especially in Thailand, and in the whole Southeast Asia [region], to feel that they can use it in order to improve their livelihood in term of the community, the region and the farm itself,\u201d Duangrattanalert said.<\/p>\n Aquawise works with multiple farms and is using the data it collects to continue to train its AI model. The company wants to make sure its model is accurate before it starts selling to farms.<\/p>\n The startup also plans to raise money from investors in the new year as well.<\/p>\n \u201cAquaculture is the fastest-growing food sector worldwide today,\u201d Tiyapunjanit said. \u201cIt was the one industry projected by United Nation as the best way to help feed 10 billion people in coming years because of its ability to create high nutrition with very low amount of emission.\u201d<\/p>\n If you want to learn from Aquawise firsthand and see dozens of additional pitches, attend valuable workshops, and make the connections that drive business results, head here to learn more about this year\u2019s Disrupt<\/a>, October 27 to 29 in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
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