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Inari Featured in ‘Unseen Upside’ Podcast on AI in Agriculture
Inari Chief Scientific Officer Catherine Feuillet and Lucas Mann of Inari investor Acre Venture Partners are featured in the latest episode of the Unseen Upside podcast, spotlighting our AI-enabled SEEDesign™ platform and our approach to developing high-impact, high-value seed designs to transform agriculture. Listen here or on your preferred podcast platform.
Read MoreInari Appoints Lisa Nunez Safarian Chief Executive Officer
Safarian also joins Flagship Pioneering, Founding Company of Inari, as CEO-Partner CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 29, 2025 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, and Flagship Pioneering, a scientific innovation engine for transformative platforms and products, today announced that Lisa Nunez Safarian has been appointed as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective November 4. A member of…
Read MoreInari Announces New Chief Commercial Officer, Rob Dunlop
Veteran seed and technology leader to accelerate global commercial growth CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 16, 2025 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, has appointed Rob Dunlop Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective September 15, 2025. In this role, Dunlop will lead global commercial strategy and drive revenue, advancing the company’s novel go‑to‑market approach as it scales its growth…
Read MoreInari Repeats as AgTech Company of the Year
For the fourth time in as many years, AgTech Breakthrough has named Inari the Overall AgTech Company of the Year. The AgTech Breakthrough program strives to honor and represent the very best breakthrough technology and innovation around the world. The 2025 award recipients “represent the visionaries and disruptors solving agriculture’s most pressing challenges – from…
Read MoreThree Ways Gene Editing Supports Biodiversity
Genetic diversity in plants is the foundation of resilience, productivity, and adaptability. It enables crops to withstand environmental pressures, resist diseases, and thrive in varying climates, the result of millennia of natural – and in some cases, human-led – selection. Take corn, for example, a crop where two varieties can appear similar, yet have even…
Read MoreInari named to THRIVE Top 50 AgTech Companies of 2025
SVG Ventures | THRIVE has again named Inari one of the THRIVE Top 50 AgTech Companies. Their 2025 report spotlights growth-stage companies setting a new standard for innovation across the agricultural value chain. Read the full report here.
Read MoreInari CSO Named a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer
The World Food Prize Foundation has named Inari Chief Scientific Officer Catherine Feuillet one of the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers, a prestigious recognition celebrating global trailblazers in agriculture and food security. Read more about the recognition here.
Read MoreInari Announces Co-Founder Ignacio Martinez as Interim CEO
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 2, 2025 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, announced that Ignacio Martinez was named interim CEO, effective May 31, 2025, as past CEO and board director Ponsi Trivisvavet announced that she was stepping down due to health concerns in April. Martinez was the founding CEO of Inari and has since served as a…
Read MoreInari Grows Greenhouse Operations in Ghent, Belgium
GHENT, Belgium, May 15, 2025 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, today marked the grand opening of a state-of-the-art controlled environment facility in Ghent, Belgium. With more than 2,000 square meters of new greenhouse space, the site triples the company’s indoor plant growth capacity in the region – further accelerating research and development of step-change seed products.…
Read MoreInari Welcomes Agriculture Veteran Lisa Nunez Safarian as Board Director
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 7, 2025 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, appointed long-time agriculture industry leader Lisa Nunez Safarian to its board of directors, effective May 1, 2025. “Lisa has dedicated her career to advancing agriculture and helping farmers achieve better outcomes, with three-plus decades in key commercial, product development and strategy roles at market leaders…
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