Peanuts
Farmer stock grading at buying points and inspection stations.
Post-harvest automation
AI that automates post-harvest.
We started with peanut grading: every truckload of farmer stock, seen and sorted by AI. Every graded crop is next.
- Hand-sorting crew
- 3 → 1
- Est. labor savings, Alabama
- ~$870K/yr
- Letters of support
- 2 states
In collaboration with
Backed by
The problem
Agriculture automated the field. Post-harvest still runs on manual labor.
Still staffed, not automated
Sorting, grading, picking and packing are still done by people.
Seasonal and brutal
Long seasons and repetitive work, with fewer people willing to do it every year.
Hard to keep consistent
Same produce, two graders, two different grades.
Post-harvest doesn’t need more workers. It needs AI that sees every piece: sort, grade, pick and pack.
Peanut grading · live now
Wiregrass AI Peanut Sorter & Grader (WAGS)
Every truckload of farmer stock peanuts must be graded to USDA standards before it is sold. Today that grade runs through a 1950s machine with a crew hand-sorting behind it, the biggest bottleneck of the season. WAGS sorts the sample with AI, so one person can run the station.
- Hand-sorting crew
- 3 → 1people per grading station
- Est. labor savings, Alabama
- ~$870K a year2024 season analysis with the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries
- Grades
- ConsistentThe same load gets the same grade, so farmers get a fair price.
Tested by the State of Alabama: more accurate than today’s machine on every measure.
Peanut grading details- In-shell peanut
- Stick
- Sound mature kernel
- Stone
- Split kernel
- Damaged kernel
- Sprouted kernel
- Moldy kernel
- A. flavus suspect
- Empty shell
FM foreign material LSK loose shelled kernel POD in-shell
Validated in the field
Built with the people who grade the crop.
“With impressive accuracy.”
On how WAGS identifies and separates foreign material, loose shelled kernels and in-shell peanuts to current grading standards.
Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries · letter, April 10, 2026
“A tremendous need.”
On the need for enhanced technology to automate peanut inspection. After reviewing the beta machine, Georgia committed to help fabricate the prototype and to provide personnel and test sites.
Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service · letter, May 4, 2026
The vision
Produce gets judged five times between the field and the fork. We automate all five.
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Fulfillment
The AI that guides the robot arm. The arms exist; the judgment does not.
In developmentRobotic sorting →
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Delivery
Quality checks at the moment of picking, through our API and SDK.
In developmentDevelopers →
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Grocery
Grocery Assistant: freshness, expiry dates and recall alerts while you shop.
Beyond peanuts
One vision core, retrained for each graded crop.
GrainNext
Corn, soybeans and wheat are still inspected by hand.
Tree nutsLater
Shell, kernel and foreign-material grading, the same problem in a new crop.
Your crop?
Still grading a crop by hand? Tell us about it.
Let’s talk
Where it ends
Lights-out facilities: sorting, grading and packing with nobody on the floor.
The field is already automated. We’re automating everything after it.
Grocery Assistant · live on iOS and Android
In the grocery aisle today.
Our AI Grocery Shopping Assistant checks produce freshness, predicts expiry dates and alerts you to FDA and USDA recalls before you buy.
Why us
The kid they brought for luck grew up to build the machine.
Pandian grew up on a small farm. Every season his family brought him to the grading station as their lucky charm, because the same load could get a different grade on a different day. Today he and Priyanka build the AI that makes the grade consistent, from Dothan, Alabama.
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Pandian Rajaram
Co-founder & CEO · infrastructure & software
MS CS, Cal State LA · 11+ years in AI
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Priyanka Kumari
Co-founder & President · data & models
MS CS, University of Houston · 7+ years in AI
LinkedIn
Our journey
Plywood proved it works.
We built the first machine from plywood. The State of Alabama tested it and signed the result.
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Jan 2026
Began collaborating with the USDA ARS National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Georgia.
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Apr 2026
Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries writes a letter of support for WAGS.
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May 2026
Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service writes a letter of support and commits test sites.
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Aug 2026
Prototype completed. The State of Alabama tests it and validates the results.
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Sep 2026
First buyer signs a letter of intent.
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Harvest 2026 · now
Manufacturing commercial units for upcoming deployment in Alabama and Georgia.
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Next
USDA approval for official grading, first deployments, and the next crop.
Field notes
News and updates.
Weekly FDA Food Recalls: June 22 to June 30, 2026
PDF document
Letter of Support from Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service
Company news
Letter of Support from Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service
PDF document
Letter of Support from Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries
Company news
Letter of Support from Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries
Let’s grow together
Tell us what you grade, buy, inspect or invest in.
Buying points, shellers, inspectors, investors, press and developers: one email reaches the founders.
Book a 15-minute call Email
pandian@seeproduce.com
Based in
Dothan, Alabama
Before you ask
Is WAGS approved by USDA?
Not yet. Commercial units are currently in manufacturing for field deployment in Alabama and Georgia in the coming months, and USDA approval for official grading is in progress.
Does it replace inspectors?
No. Inspectors run WAGS and certify every grade. It takes on the hand-sorting, so one person can do the work of three, which matters at stations that can’t hire enough seasonal staff.
How do I get one?
We’re talking with buying points about upcoming deployments. Book a call, or inquire for your station.