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Inari 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…
Read MoreInari Welcomes Dr. Vivien Bonazzi as Chief Data Officer
Life sciences leader to oversee data management and deployment strategy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 3, 2025 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, has named Dr. Vivien Bonazzi chief data officer, effective April 1. A leading biomedical data scientist, Bonazzi is tasked with further elevating the company’s AI-powered predictive design capabilities for ongoing development of step-change seed products. …
Read MoreInari’s Labs Achieve ‘My Green Lab’ Certification
We have a deep commitment at Inari to food system sustainability, which in addition to prioritizing food security and improved farmer well-being puts a focus on better caring for our planet. That’s why we were thrilled to learn that lab environments at all three of our locations are now certified by My Green Lab, a…
Read MoreInari Appoints Ignacio Martinez as Chair of the Board of Directors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 19, 2025 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, today announced the appointment of Ignacio Martinez as chair of its board of directors, effective February 19. Martinez succeeds Mike Mack, who has been chair since the creation of the company in 2016. Martinez is a general partner at Flagship Pioneering, having joined in 2013…
Read MoreAn October Reflection on Food System Sustainability
By Jamie SaxonHead of Sustainability – Harvest season is in full swing in the U.S., a time of year that’s equal parts exciting, nerve-wracking and busy for farmers as they work around the clock to wrap up their growing seasons and reap the rewards of their labor. Appropriately, it’s also when we mark not just…
Read MoreThe Promise of AI in Plant Breeding
Artificial intelligence is already changing the world. Its greatest potential, however, may lie in its ability to advance one of society’s oldest industries: agriculture. Seeing patterns where humans cannot and making accurate predictions out of vast data sets, AI is rapidly chipping away at what has been considered a holy grail of biology – understanding…
Read MoreThe Promise of AI in Plant Breeding
Artificial intelligence is already changing the world. Its greatest potential, however, may lie in its ability to advance one of society’s oldest industries: agriculture. Seeing patterns where humans cannot and making accurate predictions out of vast data sets, AI is rapidly chipping away at what has been considered a holy grail of biology – understanding…
Read MoreInari Honored as 2024’s AgTech Company of the Year
For the third consecutive year, the AgTech Breakthrough Awards program has named Inari the Overall AgTech Company of the Year. The company previously received the recognition in 2022 and 2023. The mission of the AgTech Breakthrough Awards is to provide a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the agricultural and food technology innovators driving the industry…
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