The Cognitive Agro Pilot AI-powered automatic management system for agricultural equipment is now accessible to small enterprises serviced by Sber. The unique high-tech solution was previously only available for large and medium-sized businesses.

We launched the pilot project for selling Cognitive Agro Pilot to collective farms and small-sized agricultural enterprises with up to ten harvesters in May. We have already concluded the first deal worth approximately RUB 1 mn with a Saratov farm. Around 130 more clients have expressed interest in this product and we are currently in talks with them. The proportion of small-sized enterprises in agribusiness is significant - 50% - so it is crucial to foster the digital transformation of this sector to improve business efficiency not just for certain companies, but for the industry as a whole.

Alexey Shashkin

Director of Small and Micro-Sized Business, Sberbank

We already cover over 30 regions and are seeing small-sized businesses show increased interest in robotizing their harvest. The decision-making mechanism here works faster, as we are engaging directly with the owners on a number of issues. To promote products in this area, we use both traditional and non-standard channels, e.g., amateur video blogs hosted by farmers and combine operators, which have garnered millions of views. These people value the opinions of their colleagues, and the grapevine method works very well.

Sergey Bekker

Sales Director, Cognitive Pilot

Small businesses can acquire the Cognitive Agro Pilot system for all brands of harvesters under favorable conditions from SberLeasing. To make transactions more convenient for clients, they can take place remotely, which significantly streamlines and accelerates the process. The leasing conditions are: down payments starting at 0%, a period of up to three years, with annual, differentiated, seasonal, and individual schedules.

The Russian-made AI-powered Cognitive Agro Pilot automatic farm tech management system (for combine harvesters, tractors, and sprayers) enables machine operators to trust equipment handling to a robot helper so that they themselves can concentrate on controlling the quality of the harvest technological process. Cognitive Agro Pilot reduces harvest time by up to 25%, direct crop losses by 8-13%, harvest fuel consumption by up to 5%, and increases the machine operator's daily production by up to 25%.

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