Ag Proud · Nov 2025
Reports the company’s first implantable cattle-monitoring system, names Zarif Azher and Alvin Zhang as co-founders, and notes the launch of Daisy, a free AI copilot for DairyComp.
Implantable microchips and AI for cattle monitoring
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Nexa Labs (nexa.farm) is an early-stage agtech startup building battery-free implantable ear microchips and AI software for cattle health monitoring, with a focus on earlier disease and heat detection for dairy and beef operations.
Primary product
Battery-free implantable cattle-monitoring microchips plus an AI software platform (including Daisy, a DairyComp copilot).
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AgTech / livestock health monitoring
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B hardware + software for dairy and beef farms
Direct sales / pilot-led deployments to farms
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$625K
Latest round
Seed · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$625K
Oct 2025 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
CEO, Co-founder
CTO, Co-founder
CPO, Co-founder
Co-founder & CTO
Founding team / CPO
Work & culture
Public materials describe a mission-driven, engineering-heavy team from Caltech focused on preventative livestock healthcare, rapid prototyping, and science-first product development.
Product & market
Differentiators
- —Battery-free implantable ear microchip instead of external wearables
- —Deeper biometrics than collars, ear tags, or boluses
- —Continuous 24/7 monitoring without disrupting animal behavior
- —Designed not to interfere with standard meat processing
- —Claims of faster disease detection and more accurate heat detection
- —AI software layer turns sensor data into actionable farm alerts
Technology
Battery-free subcutaneous ear microchips
Ear tags for long-range connectivity
Centralized beacon
Mobile/web software platform
AI-driven analytics
DairyComp integration
Dart integration
DHI integration
Automated sort-gates integration
Accelerometer-based activity tracking
USDA-compliant biosensors
Customers
Dairy farms
Beef operations
US dairy pilot customers
Farmers seeking early disease detection and reproductive insights
Competitors
Manual livestock inspection
Smart collars
Ear tags
Bolus devices
Scale & contact
Latest news
Startup Intros · Sep 2025
Summarizes Nexa Labs’ seed funding, named investors, and team members.
Y Combinator Launch YC
YC launch page describing the product, pilot program, and the company’s cattle-monitoring vision.
Comstock's magazine
Profiles the startup’s origin at Caltech and highlights the team and livestock-monitoring vision.
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