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A company founded by David Friedberg that uses biotechnology to address agricultural challenges, such as creating disease-resistant crops like strawberries and potentially ash trees.
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Summary
Ohalo, an agricultural technology company founded in 2019 and led by CEO David Friedberg, focuses on developing novel breeding systems and improved plant varieties. Its core innovation is "Boosted Breeding™," a technology utilizing CRISPR gene editing to enable parent plants to pass their entire genome to offspring, aiming to significantly accelerate crop improvement and enhance food production. While primarily engaged in agricultural advancements for crops like potato, almond, and strawberry, the company was also mentioned on the All-In Podcast, where the discussion briefly touched upon the topic of planetary defense against asteroids in relation to Friedberg's company.
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Extracted Attributes
CEO
David Friedberg
CTO
Jud Ward
Type
Agricultural Technology Company
Founded
2019
Products
Potato, Almond (FruitionOne), Strawberry (Strawberry Consortium)
Primary Focus
Accelerating plant evolution, novel breeding systems, improved plant varieties
Key Technology
Boosted Breeding™ (CRISPR gene editing)
R&D Investment
Over $50 million
Chief Commercial Officer
John Dombrosky
Mentioned Podcast Topic (All-In)
Planetary Defense against asteroids
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
Kevin Vosen
Timeline
- Ohalo founded. (Source: ohalo.com/about)
2019
- Ohalo, David Friedberg's company, discussed on the All-In Podcast, with a brief mention of planetary defense against asteroids. (Source: Related Document 9d8ed837-cd10-4f82-aacd-b7b60c4e7c898)
Unknown (Podcast Episode)
- AgTechNavigator article published, detailing Ohalo's Boosted Breeding technology and David Friedberg's comments from the All-In podcast. (Source: agtechnavigator.com)
2024-05-24
Wikipedia
View on WikipediaOhalo II
Ohalo II is an archaeological site in the Northern District, Israel, near Kinneret, on the southwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is one of the best preserved hunter-gatherer archaeological sites of the Last Glacial Maximum, radiocarbon dated to around 23,000 BP (calibrated). It is at the junction of the Upper Paleolithic and the Epipaleolithic, and has been attributed to both periods. The site is significant for two findings which are the world's oldest: the earliest brushwood dwellings and evidence for the earliest small-scale plant cultivation, some 11,000 years before the onset of agriculture. The numerous fruit and cereal grain remains preserved in anaerobic conditions under silt and water are also exceedingly rare due to their general quick decomposition.
Web Search Results
- Unstructured Data Intelligence Company | About Ohalo
The future of data governance is intelligent, automated, and integrated. Ohalo is defining the standard for unstructured data governance by enabling enterprises to enforce policies, adapt to evolving regulatory landscapes, and unlock new business value. [...] ### Over 950 million files secured ### LLM-powered metadata extraction ## Our Story Ohalo was founded in 2017 to solve an unstructured data problem enterprises could no longer ignore. As new regulations like GDPR reshaped global privacy expectations, cybersecurity threats were also escalating—exposing the vulnerabilities of unstructured data. At the same time, advances in AI and machine learning created new possibilities for data governance at scale. Ohalo was built to meet this moment. [...] As enterprises raced to control unstructured data, Ohalo expanded globally—helping the world’s most secure organizations. Backed by strategic investment, we’ve grown into a trusted partner for banks, governments, and Fortune 500 companies, providing the unstructured data intelligence layer that enables them to take full control of their unstructured data.
- 'The yield gains are insane'. David Friedberg unwraps Ohalo's much ...
"We founded Ohalo on the premise that we could significantly accelerate and improve existing breeding systems and crop outcomes by changing a plant's reproductive system," added Ohalo CTO, Jud Ward, in a company statement. "After years of scientific discovery and many iterations, we have proven this technology will eliminate many of the challenges agriculture faces and believe this will unleash previously unimaginable benefits for farmers and consumers." [...] “The yield gains are insane," Freidberg revealed in his popular tech-focussed All-In podcast. Ohalo has developed a groundbreaking technology called ‘Boosted Breeding’. This uses CRISPR gene editing to alter the reproductive circuits in parent plants to accelerate crop improvement and enhance food production sustainably. [...] The result of nearly five years of research by Ohalo and spend of over $50 million into the underlying mechanisms of plant reproductive biology, the discovery alters the reproductive circuits in parent plants. It works with Ohalo's proprietary proteins and process disenabling each parent plant to pass its entire genome to its offspring, rather than a random half of the genes of each parent, Friedberg explained.
- Ohalo | Accelerating evolution to unlock nature's potential
Ohalo launches the Strawberry Consortium! # Accelerating Evolution to Unlock Nature's Potential. Pause video Ohalo develops novel breeding systems and improved plant varieties that help farmers grow more food with fewer natural resources, increasing the yield, resiliency, and genetic diversity of crops. Ohalo's breakthrough technology, Boosted Breedingâ¢, will usher in a new era of improved productivity to radically transform global agriculture. #### FruitionOne [...] The worldâs first self-fertile Nonpareil almond variety. Arrow to the right #### Boosted Breeding Ohaloâs breakthrough technology, which can be applied to nearly every crop on Earth. Arrow to the right #### Ohalo Strawberry Consortium Groundbreaking collaboration  developing more flavorful strawberries and bringing them to market as true seed. Arrow to the right Arrow to the right Arrow to the right ## Boosted Breeding [...] Value -added traits are custom developed and easily integrated into existing varieties, enabling improved phenotypes with transformative benefits across the supply chain. Upgrade existing varieties to change your market today. Arrow to the right ## Our Products ### Potato ### Almond ### Strawberry ### Other ## Partner with Us Grown on Planet Earth. ##### Menu ##### Products
- Ohalo I About Us
Ohalo launches the Strawberry Consortium! # About us Founded in 2019, Ohalo's breakthrough products will radically transform global agriculture, ushering in a new era of improved productivity, and improving the lives of farmers around the world. ## Ohalo est. 2019 ## Leadership Team #### Dave Friedberg ##### CEO .png) #### John Dombrosky ##### Chief Commercial Officer #### Kevin Vosen ##### Chief Legal and Administrative Officer #### Jud Ward ##### Chief Technology Officer .png)
- Ohalo | Home
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