AI-Powered Horticultural Crop Grading
Transform your packing line with affordable, AI-powered grading assistance for small, medium, and large agricultural operations.
Industry Challenge
The U.S. horticultural industry relies heavily on manual labor to grade produce on packing lines. Despite USDA grading standards, consistency is limited by human fatigue and experience variation. High-cost automated sorters (>$250,000) are accessible only to the largest operations.
Manual Grading
Inconsistent results due to fatigue and experience variation
High-Cost Solutions
$250,000+ sorters inaccessible to small/medium operations
Limited Options
Majority of producers have no viable automated solution
About Grade View, LLC
Grade View, LLC is a North Carolina-based technology company commercializing AI-powered horticultural crop grading systems developed at NC State University. Our founders bring expertise in optical sensing, AI/ML, and agricultural systems.
Mike Kudenov, Ph.D.
Co-Owner
Optical sensing, imaging systems, hardware integration. Led edge device development at NC State.
Cranos Williams, Ph.D.
Co-Owner
AI, data systems, agricultural technology commercialization. Led Sweet-APPS cloud dashboard development.
Daniela Jones, Ph.D.
Co-Owner
Agricultural systems, post-harvest management, grower relations. Sweetpotato production expertise.
Technology licensed from NC State
Strong IP protection with validated algorithms
Complex shape handling
Algorithms tuned for sweetpotatoes, carrots, and other complex produce
Non-singulated line capability
Unique ability to grade produce without singulation
Real-time projection grading
No current competitor offers this at low cost
Production validation
Validated on active commercial packing lines in NC
Farm-size agnostic
Works for small, medium, and large operations