HORTUS
Romania's first harvest grown by an autonomous artificial intelligence agent.
90 days in which nobody touches the plant.
An AI agent autonomously takes every agronomic decision: irrigation, nutrient dosing, ventilation and lighting, based on IoT sensors and computer vision. Every day produces a video episode and a public journal page. It is precision agriculture taken to its logical conclusion: the system decides on its own, and the public sees everything.
for the public to watch a national premiere, day after day.
of presence for the partner, not a 30-second ad.
that classic advertising cannot buy.
The first stays first forever.
In 2-3 years, someone will search for “the first crop in Romania grown by an AI”. The answer will contain a single company name. That name is decided in the coming days.
The innovator position cannot be bought later, with any advertising budget. It can only be claimed now.
Your name in history
Every article, case study and retrospective about the premiere will carry the partner's name. Permanently.
The innovator label
Ready-made material for PR, innovation awards and the annual report: you funded a national premiere, not an ad.
The door closes
After signing, your direct competitor has nothing left to fund here. The premiere has a single seat.
Five steps, no human operator.
This AI will take its first decision because of you. And we will say it publicly, in all 90 episodes.
The project is almost ready.
Complete team
Agronomy, hardware and software, all roles covered.
AI architecture designed
The decision loop is drawn end-to-end, ready for training.
Ecosystem
Members of NVIDIA Inception and AWS Startups.
Location
Tehnopolis Science & Technology Park, Iași.
120-day plan
Procurement, assembly, 90 public days, final demo.
The equipment
The start button is the founding partner's funding.
Every euro goes into the premiere.
Plus the media campaign in the national press, with the partner's name in every appearance.
A full season with your name on it.
Co-naming
The project is publicly named “HORTUS, powered by [PARTNER]”: on the dashboard, in the episodes, in press releases.
90 episodes
Logo in the intro and outro, plus the fixed line spoken in every episode: “started with the support of [PARTNER]”.
Your products
Integrated into the protocol, dosed by the AI, with results in the public journal.
Dedicated episode
An entire episode about the partner and its role in the premiere.
Press
Mention in every press release and interview about the project.
Social
Tag in every post, on LinkedIn and on YouTube.
What remains yours after day 90.
The content, for life
All photo and video material remains yours, to use without limits in your marketing, anytime.
The case study
The complete document of the season, with all the data, signed together. Sales material for the years ahead.
Total exclusivity
No other logo will ever sit on this premiere.
Two press events
The inauguration and the final demo: at both, you are the host.
The data, to you first
The complete results reach you before the public. You announce them first.
The ecosystem
Association with a project that is a member of NVIDIA Inception and AWS Startups.
The people who carry the season to the end.
Andrei-Sorin Baciu
Co-founder of UZINEX. Experiment design, agronomic supervision and the founding-partner relationship.
Cosmin Florea
Sensors, actuators, electrical integration and fail-safes on the control loop.
Miruna Varzar
The AI agent, computer vision, the data pipeline and the public journal.
One seat. The entire premiere.
The founding-partner seat is decided in the coming days.
- →Co-naming: “HORTUS, powered by [PARTNER]”
- →Logo + spoken line in all 90 episodes
- →Your products integrated into the protocol, dosed by the AI
- →Dedicated episode about the partner
- →Mention in all press releases and interviews
- →Tag in every post, LinkedIn and YouTube
- →All photo-video material, yours for life
- →The complete case study, signed together
- →Total, permanent exclusivity on the premiere
- →Two press events, with you as host
- →The complete data, to you first
- →Association with the NVIDIA Inception and AWS Startups ecosystem
From signing to the published case study.
| Phase | Period | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| Procurement & assembly | Days 0–30 | Equipment procurement · module assembly · sensor calibration · plant germination |
| The public season | Days 30–120 | 90 days of 100% AI decisions · daily video episode · public journal · press coverage |
| Final demo | Day 120 | Public demo with press in Iași · case study handover · complete data to the partner |
Answers to the questions we get most often.
What exactly does “the first harvest grown by an autonomous AI agent” mean?
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For 90 days, no human takes agronomic decisions. The AI agent continuously reads the IoT sensors (humidity, temperature, EC, pH, light), tracks the plants through computer vision and commands irrigation, nutrient dosing, ventilation and lighting on its own. Humans intervene only for hardware maintenance, and every intervention is noted in the public journal.
Why a single founding partner instead of multiple sponsors?
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Because the premiere has a single seat. The founding partner receives co-naming (“HORTUS, powered by [PARTNER]”), total and permanent exclusivity, and after signing, its direct competitor has nothing left to fund here. A pool of sponsors would dilute exactly what we are selling: the position of being first.
What does the founding partner concretely receive for €25,000?
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A full season of presence: co-naming on the project, logo and spoken line in all 90 episodes, a dedicated episode, products integrated into the protocol, mention in all press and tags across social media. After day 90: all photo-video content for life, the case study signed together, two press events as host, the complete data before the public and permanent exclusivity on the premiere.
Where does the money concretely go?
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Into the equipment and the public season: the cultivation module and structure, the compute and control unit, horticultural LED lighting, climate control and ventilation, automated dosing and irrigation, sensors and cameras, consumables, nutrients and energy for 90 days, video production for the 90 episodes and a technical reserve. The media campaign in the national press is included, with the partner's name in every appearance.
How does HORTUS relate to vertical farms and hydroponic growing?
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HORTUS validates exactly the technology stack that modern vertical farms and hydroponics rely on: automated nutrient dosing, controlled irrigation, horticultural LED lighting, climate control and precision sensors. The difference is that here the decisions are not taken by an operator but by an artificial intelligence agent, and the results are public, day after day.
Is the sponsorship tax-deductible?
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Yes. The sponsorship contract is regulated by Romanian Law 32/1994 as amended. The expense falls within the limit of 0.75% of turnover or 20% of profit tax owed, with a 7-year carry-forward for unused amounts. We issue a fiscal invoice and a simple contract, with the accounting documentation ready to file.
When does the project start and how long does it run?
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We start in 2026, with a 120-day plan: procurement and assembly in the first 30 days, then 90 days of public season with a daily video episode, closed by a final demo with press in Iași. The start button is the founding partner's signature.
The seat is decided in the coming days.
An email or a WhatsApp message is enough. Simple sponsorship contract and fiscal invoice, and the expense is tax-deductible under Romanian Law 32/1994.