Saurav Das Field Notebook · 2026
Founder · Ph.D. Soil Microbiology · United States

Building the agricultural intelligence stack American farming is missing.

Five connected products — research, soil guidance, market, valuation, and field. Backed by a Ph.D. and a decade in soil systems, so the depth is real, not retrofitted.

Currently building — open to funding & partnerships
5 products shipping Ph.D. Soil microbiology 1 connected stack Open to funding
§ Work

The stack, drawn as a soil profile.

Five products, one connected stack — rendered the way a soil scientist would draw a field site. Research at the bedrock. Field above. Each layer feeds the ones below it, and field data flows back up through every layer to the substrate. It is a loop, not a list.

§ Live

Visit the products.

§ Research

Soil systems & human systems.

I work on soil carbon, soil nitrogen, biogeochemistry, and modeling. Outside the soil, I'm drawn to sociology, post-AI economics, and the human dimension of how technology and food land in everyday life.

Active work, publications, and the science questions that shape how I think — on the Research Journey page.

§ Background

Why I'm the one building this.

I'm not a generic software founder hunting an ag market. I came in through soil systems, microbial ecology, and years of seeing how hard it is for real agricultural knowledge to move from papers and institutions into everyday decisions. The ambition isn't five disconnected products — it's one coherent intelligence layer for agriculture, built from multiple entry points.

Below the line is the more personal layer of how I think — essays, side experiments, and a few things I love — for anyone curious about the philosophy beneath the work.

§ Writing

Essays on agriculture, AI, and the systems beneath both.

§ Experiments

Side projects I'm tinkering with.

§ Watching

Off the clock.

Movies, TV, and anime I love — see the full list with reviews.

§ Contact

Funding, partnerships, & good conversations.

Actively raising and open to partnerships, university collaborations, and operator intros. Email is the fastest way to reach me — I read everything that comes in.