
Make vs buy, and the Soil-In group
Four companies, each earning its own profit and backing the others.
Ten vendors, or one integrator.
A high-tech greenhouse needs all ten systems talking to each other. Someone has to own that. Point at any system to compare what it takes to connect it.
Build and integrate it yourself
Point at a system to see what it has to talk to.
- Vendors to manage
- 10
- Possible point-to-point links
- up to 45
- Contracts and warranties
- 10
- Who watches the house
- Your team
- Specify
- Source
- Integrate
- Commission
- Operate
Work with soilin.tech
One integration layer, one uplink to soilin.ai.
- Vendors to manage
- 1
- Links to build
- 10, through one layer
- Contracts and warranties
- 1
- Who watches the house
- soilin.tech AMC, remote monitoring
- Specify
- Source
- Integrate
- Commission
- Operate
The Soil-In group.
soilin.build makes the structure, soilin.tech makes it think, and soilin.ai makes it learn.
soilin.co
Farms and landowner platform: land, crops, customers.
soilin.build
Manufacturing in Bangalore: structures, racks, tanks, trolleys.
soilin.tech
Machinery, methods, gadgets and sensors: integration and operations.
soilin.ai
The AI layer: models, control strategies and forecasting.
Who makes what.
We buy the world-class parts and build what makes us different.
| System | Decision |
|---|---|
| CLMClimate control | Buy the climate computer; soilin.build makes the vents, screens and frames; soilin.tech integrates them through APIs |
| SNSSensing | soilin.tech designs the PCB and enclosure, soilin.build assembles them, and the sensing elements are bought in |
| FRTIrrigation & fertigation | Buy the drippers; soilin.build builds the skid frames; soilin.tech writes the control firmware |
| LGTLighting | Buy DLC-listed fixtures; soilin.tech handles control and integration |
| HYDHydroponics & vertical | soilin.build makes the channels, racks and tanks; soilin.tech handles automation and control |
| ROBRobotics & harvest | Partner or buy now; soilin.build makes trolleys and carts; robots built in-house later |
| DRNDrones & logistics | Buy certified airframes; soilin.tech handles fleet operations and integration |
| CLDPost-harvest & cold chain | Buy cold rooms and reefers; soilin.build makes the packing tables; soilin.tech adds monitoring |
| NRGEnergy & CO₂ | Buy the solar modules and screens; soilin.build makes the mounts; soilin.tech handles energy management |
| WTRWater | Buy the RO plant; soilin.build makes the tanks; soilin.tech handles monitoring |