striving for simplicity, since 2015;
we call it Future Farming,
and it’s our take on CEA
we work in Venice, in Italy, a city that has been a beacon of social, engineering, financial, and artistic innovation for centuries. Soon, we’ll be a team of 100: few business guys, most of them scientists, engineer and coders. We are deeply rooted in a territory that amplifies everything we do
Italy is a place where agriculture and food are woven into the culture, and where we can tap into Europe’s second-largest manufacturing base. Here, we’ve built a unique collaboration framework with the national R&D ecosystem, in a country where talent in digital and life sciences thrives. We blend disciplines the way Renaissance workshops once did, because this is a new Renaissance
we took the long path,
but the only possible one
plants aren’t complicated: give them water, light, nutrients, the right conditions, and they’ll grow. No rocket science. The real rocket science starts when you try to build an high-tech greenhouse or an indoor farm by bolting together bits and pieces from half a dozen vendors: you’ll get something that works, sure, but also a Frankenstein of complexity, cost, and integration nightmares
one day in 2015, back in our garage, we looked at that mess and thought: this is an mess and an opportunity. Let’s start from a blank sheet—from ZERO, literally. So we did. We design every piece of hardware, write every line of software, and make sure every part fits together like it was born to. No overlaps, no wasted effort, no endless debugging of someone else’s “standard.” Just a clean, elegant system that does what it’s meant to—grow plants, not problems. It takes time, but Rome wasn’t built in a day
it’s not about building ONE greenhouse or ONE indoor farm. We crafted our proprietary Hardware and Software platform to build and operate modular CEA systems with drastically improved CAPEX, OPEX and t to build metrics
by connecting the dots in different ways, the platform enables a wide range of applications driving agritech innovation today and paving the way for bio-manufacturing of advanced biomolecules, materials, and therapeutics in the near future. The CEA systems you see now are fully industrial-ready, built to perform and scale. And what’s coming next will set a new benchmark for how technology shapes the way we grow, produce, and supply
at the core of the Future Farming Platform sits F2 OS—your entire farm in a single interface. Not just climate. Not just fertigation. Everything. As far as we can tell, it’s the only system on the market that truly does it all: from pushing water and nutrients through seamless hardware integration, to orchestrating production planning with AI and agentic supervision.
ROOT, our chief AI agent, never sleeps and keep on getting smarter
AI and autonomous agents are not just features. They are transversal layers enhancing and connecting every one of these functions, driving continuous learning, efficiency, and precision across the entire system
End-to-End Operations Management – a single control layer for every operational aspect of the farm, from environmental parameters to workflow execution, ensuring seamless integration across all systems
Procuring, Accounting & Supply Chain Traceability – integrated ERP functions to manage procurement, cost tracking, and full traceability from input sourcing to product delivery
Proactive Monitoring & Maintenance – real-time system monitoring with predictive and preventive maintenance to reduce downtime and extend equipment life
Business Intelligence & Production Planning – data-driven insights, forecasting, and scheduling tools to optimize yields, align operations with market demand, and improve long-term performance
hello! I’m ROOT
Future Farming is a refined art with many variables playing a role: imagine riding a massive wave with grace and balance, without leaning too far forward or backward. This is something you master with experience, after making all the possible mistakes
we created ROOT, our cloud based AI, to learn from Farmers, Scientists and Engineers so to save you from those mistakes. She’s the heart and soul of the Future Farming Operating System
she’s 24/7 on duty caring of lifeforms and machines: she gathers data up to the point she can predict what’s going to happen. And she gets better and better over time
is Italy
the right place to start?
Italy is one the leading manufacturing economy in the world. Italian food is a Brand. Italian scientists and engineers are recognized. The sense of beauty is in our DNA. We think we are in the sweet spot when it comes to setting the Standard for Future Farming: it’s our take on a new Made in Italy to be exported globally
perfecting the technology took time, from 2015 to 2022, stubbornness and dealing with so many black swans. After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day. When it finally came time to go commercial,
(2) picking up the right business model was as crucial as building the technology foundations
there is more to grow
we look at CEA technologies from a broader perspective: combining them with genetics, synthetic biology, materials sciences and applying them creatively to a range of (apparently) distant industrial needs. It’s not just plants…
our Future Farming goes beyond agriculture; it draws inspiration from Nature which we see as a manufacturing platform. We say we Co-Design with Nature, with applications that can transform every aspect of daily life: food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, bio-materials, eco-remediation, the next big one
so, long story short,
ZERO is a deep-tech company
any given day, we strive to improve our tech and IP portfolio as we generate revenues by licensing them
we build tailored, turn-key,
B2B Future Farming Solutions spanning geographies and industries
“I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is beginning”
Steve Jobs