AI startup Palmear saves millions of date palms from Red Palm Weevil threat in Abu Dhabi
Palmear, a deep‑tech agtech startup founded by Jordanian engineer Zeid Sinokrot, developed patented AI‑acoustics to detect Red Palm Weevil and has deployed field‑validated solutions after four years of development. The company moved to Abu Dhabi in 2019, trained models on over 700,000 minutes of audio, and has been funded through personal capital, angels, corporate investors, VC and public innovation support.