San Francisco company plc is collaborating with fish ##base in Norway to develop machine - learning algorithms that can fine - tune the amount of feed given to salmon stocks , potentially reducing costs by between 20 % and 30 % . Aquabyte is also developing algorithms to detect sea lice , a common infection caused by salmon . The start - up recently raised $ 3.5 m in seed funding , which will be used to recruit a team to develop the technology . CEO Bryton Shang said the wider aim is to expand beyond Norway to Chile , Scotland and Canada , and apply the algorithm to sea bream , sea bass and trout .
San Francisco company Aquabyte is working with fish farmers in Norway to develop machine-learning algorithms that can fine-tune the amount of feed given to salmon stocks, potentially reducing costs by between 20% and 30%. Aquabyte is also developing algorithms to detect sea lice, a common infection suffered by salmon. The start-up recently raised $3.5m in seed funding, which will be used to create a team to develop the technology. CEO Bryton Shang said the wider aim is to expand beyond Norway to Chile, Scotland and Canada, and apply the algorithm to sea bream, sea bass and trout.