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Stay up to date with the latest developments at Antonie. Here you'll find company announcements, project updates, insights from our team, and stories from the field as we work to improve soil health through data-driven, nature-based solutions.

Stay up to date with the latest developments at Antonie. Here you'll find company announcements, project updates, insights from our team, and stories from the field as we work to improve soil health through data-driven, nature-based solutions.

HLB and Antonie Take New Step in Nematode Diagnostics with AI Technology

🗓️ June 8, 2026

A breakthrough in potato cyst nematode analysis brings the agricultural sector closer to fast, scalable, and standardized diagnostics. HLB and Antonie have developed a new AI-driven technology that automates one of the most labor-intensive parts of the analysis process.

Antonie appoints Dr. Stefan Geisen and Prof. Gerhard du Preez to the Scientific Advisory Board

🗓️ June 3, 2026

Soil biodiversity and nematology experts from Wageningen University & Research and North-West University deepen Antonie’s scientific foundation

Oxin Growers launches research project with Antonie

🗓️ April 15, 2026

Oxin Growers, one of the largest grower cooperatives in the Netherlands, has started a research project in collaboration with Antonie...

HLB chooses Antonie to bring biological diagnostics to the Netherlands

🗓️ April 9, 2026

A major step forward for soil intelligence in agriculture. HLB has selected Antonie as its partner to introduce automated, AI-driven biological soil analysis into its laboratory processes...

A major step forward for soil intelligence in agriculture. HLB has selected Antonie as its partner to introduce automated, AI-driven biological soil analysis into its laboratory processes...

Milestone Reached: 2 Million Nematodes Imaged!

🗓️ March 31, 2026

It took 18 months to image our first 300,000 nematodes using the LIFE Monitor (our unique hardware and software combo). Just four months later, we hit 1 million. Now, only four months after that, we’ve crossed the 2 million mark! This rapid acceleration proves the power of our technology. While capturing this volume of images is incredibly time-consuming with traditional microscopy, these datasets are absolutely essential for identifying nematodes at all taxonomic levels. Each image adds to a growing understanding of soil life, bringing us one step closer to our mission to improve soil health. A massive congratulations to our lab biology team!

It took 18 months to image our first 300,000 nematodes using the LIFE Monitor (our unique hardware and software combo). Just four months later, we hit 1 million. Now, only four months after that, we’ve crossed the 2 million mark! This rapid acceleration proves the power of our technology. While capturing this volume of images is incredibly time-consuming with traditional microscopy, these datasets are absolutely essential for identifying nematodes at all taxonomic levels. Each image adds to a growing understanding of soil life, bringing us one step closer to our mission to improve soil health. A massive congratulations to our lab biology team!

Bejo invests in Antonie to accelerate AI-driven innovation in seed production

🗓️ February 23, 2026

We are proud to announce that Bejo, one of the world’s leading vegetable breeding companies, has taken an equity stake in Antonie as part of our $2.1M Seed round...

Antonie joins Coalition of Action for Soil Health (CA4SH)

🗓️ January 22, 2026

We are proud to share that Antonie has recently joined CA4SH. We are now part of a forward-thinking international community that views soil as a living system and believes that meaningful change starts with insight, measurement, and collaboration...

Antonie and VDBorne Campus collaborate to advance insight into soil life

🗓️ January 19, 2026

Antonie is working together with VDBorne Campus, a practice-driven innovation environment where agriculture, technology and knowledge development come together. In this collaboration, Antonie’s technology is applied to make soil life directly measurable and connect these insights to field-based research...

We measured our 1-millionth nematode!

🗓️ November 14, 2025

Two weeks ago, we crossed the one-million mark. Huge appreciation to Kiki Morfidou, Ko Wang, Emma Groen, and Jonna van den Berg, and to everyone in our Soil Biology Lab who made this possible. And we’re not slowing down!

“Data lead to insight, insight leads to action”

🗓️ October 29, 2025

Article in Akkerwijzer, the leading trade journal for arable farmers. We are developing a new standard for measuring soil health using AI. In doing so, we detect biodiversity with nematodes as the primary indicator—living organisms that tell us an incredible amount about the state of the soil. Thanks to journalist Martin de Vries for the clear interview and to the editors of Akkerwijzer for the photography and publication...

Antonie was represented at Eurosoil by Bob Klein Lankhorst

🗓️ September 9, 2025

On September 9, 2025, Antonie was represented at Eurosoil in Seville, where Bob Klein Lankhorst presented on behalf of CEN/TC 444 – Environmental characterization of solid matrices...

HAL24K Agri becomes Antonie

🗓️ September 5, 2026

Today, with pride and excitement, we announce an important milestone in our journey: as of September 8, 2025, HAL24K Agri has become Antonie...

Presenting AI technology for soil life during Praktijknetwerk Toekomstgericht Telen

🗓️ June 12, 2025

On June 5, our co-founder Bob Klein Lankhorst spoke at the third gathering of the Praktijknetwerk Toekomstgericht Telen in Uddel. In Arend Versteeg's beautiful inn among the woods and fields, we engaged in a conversation about the role of AI in measuring soil life...

CEN/TC 444’s Role in Shaping Soil Monitoring Standards for the EU

🗓️ June 10, 2025

Antonie contributed to a key European workshop on harmonizing soil pollution data for the upcoming Soil Monitoring Law (SML). This article highlights the importance of standardization and the role of CEN/TC 444 in shaping EU-wide soil monitoring practices...

Sharing Soil Insights at the ReGeNL Consortium

🗓️ June 7, 2025

On June 4, our co-founder Peter den Hartog took the stage during the ReGeNL Consortium Meeting in Kamerik. It was a day fully dedicated to profitable regenerative agriculture. In a program filled with inspiring real-world stories, panel discussions, and a vibrant networking market, we shared our insights on how measuring biodiversity through nematodes can become a standard part of sustainable soil management...

Mapping Soil Life at Scale: 300,000 Nematodes and Counting

🗓️ June 3, 2026

Mapping Soil Life at Scale: 300,000 Nematodes and Counting

These entrepreneurs are using AI to analyze tiny organisms in the soil

🗓️ June 3, 2026

De Telegraaf featured Antonie, previously known as HAL24K Agri, in an article on our mission to regenerate agriculture through AI and soil data. Read the article on De Telegraaf’s website to learn more...

Written by: Eva Segaar

De Telegraaf featured Antonie, previously known as HAL24K Agri, in an article on our mission to regenerate agriculture through AI and soil data. Read the article on De Telegraaf’s website to learn more...


Written by: Eva Segaar

Bob Klein Lankhorst Appointed Convener of CEN/TC 444

🗓️ May 26, 2025

Following a successful workshop in Prague during the annual CEN/TC 444 meeting week, we’re proud to share that our Chief Soil Officer Bob Klein Lankhorst has been appointed as the Convener of Working Group 8 "Assessment" within CEN/TC 444 – Environmental Characterization of Solid Matrices...

Big News for Europe's Soils – and for Our Future!

🗓️ April 18, 2025

With a provisional agreement now in place, the EU is making a decisive move toward safeguarding one of its most crucial natural assets: the soil beneath our feet. The newly proposed Soil Monitoring Law, part of the EU Soil Strategy for 2030, lays the foundation for a harmonized, science-based soil health monitoring system across all member states. It aims to bring soil protection on par with existing EU laws for water, air, and marine ecosystems...

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