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Agroz Inc. Announces Launch of Agroz Robotics with UBTECH to Integrate AI-Robotics Technology into Farm Operating System
AGRZ earns revenue through the design, construction, management and operation of vertical farms
Agroz Achieves Breakthrough in Growing Japanese Strawberries Using AI-Powered Technologies
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Hello Everyone,
We are coming off of a big week with some strong double digit winners that we profiled lurking in the background.
We want to turn your attention to a sector that we haven’t taken a look at in quite some time, Agriculture and Food.
As global food systems come under increasing strain, agriculture is emerging as a critical investment theme. Rising population growth, climate volatility, and supply-chain fragility are forcing governments and private capital alike to rethink how food is produced.
One company helping lead that transformation is Agroz Inc. (NASDAQ: AGRZ), a Malaysia-based agricultural technology firm redefining farming through advanced, technology-driven solutions.
Global food production will need to expand by an estimated 70% by 2050 to meet future demand. At the same time, climate change is disrupting traditional farming models, pushing nations to prioritize food security and climate resilience. Against this backdrop, agriculture is undergoing a digital transformation—one driven by automation, data, and artificial intelligence that is unlocking higher yields, stronger disease resistance, and greater efficiency.
Vertical farming sits at the intersection of some of the most powerful forces shaping the global economy: population growth, climate change, urbanization, and the rapid advance of artificial intelligence. As traditional agriculture struggles with water scarcity, extreme weather, land constraints, and supply-chain disruptions, vertical farming offers a fundamentally different model—one built for the future. By growing food closer to consumers in tightly controlled environments, these systems dramatically reduce water use, eliminate weather risk, and deliver consistent, year-round production. For investors, that means agriculture is no longer a slow, unpredictable sector—it’s becoming a technology-enabled, scalable industry with measurable returns.
What makes vertical farming especially compelling today is the convergence of automation, data, and AI. Modern vertical farms operate more like advanced manufacturing facilities than fields, using sensors, software, and robotics to maximize yields while minimizing inputs. As costs continue to fall and efficiency improves, the economics are tipping in favor of large-scale adoption, particularly in urban and food-import-dependent regions. Governments are backing these solutions for food security, corporations are integrating them into ESG strategies, and consumers are demanding fresher, more sustainable produce.
Investing in vertical farming isn’t just about growing crops—it’s about owning a piece of the next generation of global food infrastructure.
Agroz operates as a fully vertically integrated AgTech company, designing, building, managing, and operating controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems across indoor and outdoor vertical farms and greenhouses. Its approach combines Internet of Things sensors, real-time data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence to create smarter, more productive farms with lower operating costs.
Through advanced LED lighting, vertical growing systems, and precision controls, Agroz reduces energy usage, maximizes water efficiency, and minimizes land requirements. These efficiencies translate into improved crop consistency and stronger returns on investment across its farming operations.
At the core of Agroz’s platform is data-driven precision agriculture. Connected devices continuously monitor and adjust critical growth variables—including temperature, humidity, CO₂ levels, pH, nutrient delivery, and lighting—to ensure optimal plant development. The result is a highly automated farming environment capable of delivering consistent, high-quality yields while reducing waste and resource consumption.
Agroz is also pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence in agriculture. By partnering with leading global cloud and AI providers, the company is developing a generative AI platform that delivers actionable insights and automates decision-making for growers. According to CEO and Director Gerard Lim, the goal is to place decades of farming expertise directly into the hands of operators through an intuitive mobile interface—empowering even less-experienced growers to achieve expert-level results.
Beyond predictive analytics, Agroz is advancing toward fully autonomous, agent-driven AI systems, with plans that include embodied AI and robotics capable of automating physical farm operations.
The Company’s capabilities have attracted interest from strategic partners across multiple industries. Notably, Agroz is collaborating with hyperscale technology firms to develop high-tech indoor farms in dense urban environments such as Kuala Lumpur—projects that support both sustainability goals and long-term food security.
Agroz completed its initial public offering in October 2025, raising $5 million in gross proceeds and since then the company has continued to scale its operations, exporting fresh produce to Singapore while expanding its footprint across Southeast Asia.
Sustainability and ESG alignment remain central to Agroz’s strategy. One example is its pioneering co-location model, which places farms adjacent to data centers and repurposes waste heat to regulate growing environments—an approach that improves energy efficiency while reducing environmental impact.
As agriculture becomes increasingly technology-driven, Agroz’s integrated platform and collaborative mindset position it at the intersection of food security, sustainability, and innovation—helping reshape how the world grows food in a rapidly changing environment.
CATALYSTS
- AI-Powered Vertical Farming Platform. Agroz combines its proprietary Agroz OS and Copilot AI assistant to automate vertical farming—from environmental controls to predictive crop analytics—delivering scalable efficiency and consistent high-quality yields.
- Multiple Revenue Streams with Recurring Potential. The Company earns revenue through the design, construction, and sale of vertical farms; third-party farm management through the use of its Agroz OS; produce sales; and SaaS software licensing, creating a diversified model with strong recurring potential.
- Strategic Retail and Technology Partnerships. Agroz distributes through major grocers like AEON and Village Grocer and is a Microsoft AI Cloud and ISV partner—boosting its market access and software credibility.
- Strong ESG and Urban Infrastructure Fit. Its modular, pesticide-free farms are well-suited to urban environments, supporting sustainable, localized food production with lower carbon footprints.
- IPO-Backed Expansion into High-Growth Markets. Agroz closed its IPO of 1,250,000 shares at $4.00 and began trading on Nasdaq on October 1, 2025 as AGRZ. The Company received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5 million before deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. Proceeds are fundingwill fund expansion in ASEAN and MENA, including Indonesia, Thailand, and the UAE, where food import reliance and urban demand are rising.
Agroz Inc. Announces Launch of Agroz Robotics with UBTECH to Integrate AI-Robotics Technology into Farm Operating System
Innovative collaboration integrates robotics, data, and precision agriculture into Agroz’s vertical farming ecosystem to support sustainable food production
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Agroz Inc. (NASDAQ: AGRZ) (“Agroz,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), an innovative, fully vertically integrated agricultural technology company specializing in AI-powered Controlled Environment Agriculture (“CEA”) vertical farms, today announced the launch of Agroz Robotics in collaboration with UBTECH Robotics (HKEX: 09880.HK) (“UBTECH”), a global leader in humanoid robotics. This collaboration was announced at a launch event and represents a strategic step forward for Agroz. Agroz Robotics is a program which combines engineering innovation with real-time agricultural intelligence to create a fully integrated, automated CEA ecosystem in Agroz OS, the Company’s proprietary farm operating system.
As part of Agroz Robotics, UBTECH’s self-developed industrial humanoid robot, ‘Walker S’, will be the first robot introduced into Agroz’s controlled-environment farming facilities. Walker S will be integrated as a hardware platform into Agroz OS. This AI robotics technology is designed to automate key agricultural processes such as seeding, monitoring, harvesting, and crop optimization. This next-generation autonomous farming system will significantly boost productivity, reduce reliance on human labor, and ensure more precise and consistent crop quality.
“Through Agroz Robotics, we hope to make sustainable agriculture a reality,” said Gerard Lim, CEO of Agroz. “Our collaboration with UBTECH is a major milestone in our mission to redefine agriculture by using robots and artificial intelligence. This new collaboration enables us to combine cutting-edge humanoid robotics with data intelligence to build smart, self-optimizing farms to support the scalable production of cleaner, safer, and more sustainable food.”
“We also thank the Malaysian government for cultivating an environment where such deep-tech solutions can thrive, directly strengthening our nation’s food security, sustainability, and economic resilience,” Mr. Lim added.
Leon Li, General Manager of UBTECH’s Industrial Robotics Division, added, “We are delighted to collaborate with Agroz to apply our artificial intelligence and robotics technologies across a wider range of industries, contributing to the sustainable development of agriculture in Asia and around the world.”
Through deep integration with UBTECH’s automation systems, Agroz will be able to deploy modular robotic solutions tailored for vertical farms, smart greenhouses, and hybrid indoor-outdoor facilities across Southeast Asia. This innovation aligns with Malaysia’s vision for sustainable food security, reinforcing Agroz’s mission to improve reliability, efficiency, and resilience in the regional food supply chain. As Agroz looks forward to expanding across Southeast Asia, it aims to accelerate the global transition toward intelligent, sustainable, and climate-resilient food systems.
About UBTECH Robotics
Established in March 2012, UBTECH Robotics Corp LTD (“UBTECH”) is a leading humanoid robots and smart service robots company. The Company listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code HKEX: 09880.HK) on 29 December, 2023. Dedicated to the mission of ‘bringing intelligent robots into every family, and making everyday life more convenient and intelligent’, UBTECH Robotics has developed a full stack of humanoid robotic technologies independently. Based on full-stack technologies, the Company has engaged in the research and development, design, smart production, and commercialization of smart service robots. UBTECH established a smart robotic solution with hardware, software, service and content all integrated together, covering various industries such as AI education, smart logistics, smart wellness and elderly care, and business service.
Agroz Achieves Breakthrough in Growing Japanese Strawberries Using AI-Powered Technologies
The Company is Using Innovative Farming Technology to Produce Japanese Strawberries in Malaysia for Sale in Southeast Asia and Beyond
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Agroz Inc. (NASDAQ: AGRZ) (“Agroz,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), an innovative, fully vertically integrated agricultural technology company specializing in AI-powered Controlled Environment Agriculture (“CEA”) vertical farms, today announced an exciting new advancement, the ability to grow Japanese strawberries in its CEA vertical farms. The Company is utilizing the Agroz Groz Wall and powered by Agroz OS (which includes, amongst other things, an AI agent system) and Agroz Copilot for Farmers to help produce Japanese strawberries.
“This breakthrough marks a significant milestone on our mission to bring scalable CEA vertical farming to more and more agricultural products,” said Gerard Lim, CEO of Agroz. “The latest innovation gives us the ability to produce Japanese strawberries planted in Malaysia to distribute locally in Malaysia by the end of Q2 2026 into existing and new major retailers, and subsequently to Southeast Asia, the Gulf Cooperation Council region and beyond. Japanese strawberries are considered delicacies, known for their unique flavor and scent. We believe innovations such as this will be the key to success for future farming, and our Agroz Robotic program allows us to begin to realize the potential of cleaner, safer, and more sustainable food production.”
This new advancement is driven by Agroz Robotics, which the Company previously announced. The ‘Walker S’, AI Humanoid Robots, will be utilized to monitor and manage the CEA vertical farms in which the Japanese strawberries are grown, which is anticipated to boost productivity, minimize labor requirements, and yield crops with more precise and consistent crop quality.
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Management
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Gerard Kim Meng Lim
Mr. Gerard Kim Meng Lim has served as the Company’s director since its inception in August 2023. He is an established technopreneur, with a demonstrated history of leadership. Mr. Lim’s professional history has included leading, managing, and building various businesses, and he has over 28 years of experience in the technology, media and telecommunications sector.Mr. Lim’s experience includes implementing successful digital transformation initiatives and delivering e-solutions for different governments, government-linked companies, private corporations, telecommunications operators, conglomerates, and multinational corporations around the world. He has experience delivering specialized solutions in interactive digital media, e-business solutions, converged Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications, digital marketing, e-commerce and m-commerce, mobile applications, social media, cloud and edge computing, IoT, big data analytics, blockchain technology, and more.Mr. Lim founded Agroz Group, Agroz’s direct operating subsidiary, in late 2020 to offer sustainable farming solutions and to provide improvements in food safety and food security. From January 2019 to August of 2020, Mr. Lim served as Chief Digital Officer at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, a regulatory body of the Malaysian government responsible for the regulation of communications and multimedia industry. There, Mr. Lim oversaw the successful transition from analog to digital television and demonstrated the application of 5G across industry verticals. From January of 2021 to the present, Mr. Lim served as an independent non-executive director of Allianz Malaysia Berhad, a leading insurer in Malaysia.
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Adrian Lee
Mr. Adrian Lee has served as our Chief Technology Officer since January 2024.Mr. Lee has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years. He started his career in this field at Microsoft, where he served first as Search Editor and later Information Services Manager from 2000 to 2006. In this role, Mr. Lee managed Microsoft’s marketing strategy for MSN, Microsoft’s network portal, for the Southeast Asian markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia. He also planned and executed product marketing strategies at Microsoft during this time and grew MSN Search by 110% year-on-year in Singapore and 80% year-on-year in Malaysia. After Microsoft, Mr. Lee co-founded Grey Group, a leading advertising and marketing agency. Here, Adrian served as Chief Executive Officer of the Indonesian division and Chief Technology Officer of the Southeast Asian division. Mr. Lee served in these roles for ten (years), from 2006 to 2016. Among the milestones he helped the company achieve were winning Webby Awards, Cannes Cyber Lions and AOY awards, launching an omnichannel sales and customer acquisition platform for Webe, the mobile operator subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia, building an entire digital business for Allianz Indonesia, building the company from the ground up in Indonesia and leading the company to win Agency of the Year Silver award in Indonesia, winning Bank Mandiri (the second largest bank in Indonesia) amongst others.Following his successes at Grey Group, Mr. Lee founded Braiven and served as its Chief Technology Officer in 2016. This is a role he presently serves in. Braiven is an orchestration platform that aims to bridge the gap between computer vision AI and the IoT in different industries. The platform is used by clients in a variety of industries to implement more effective business solutions.
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. May Jin Sim
Ms. May Jin Sim has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2024. She is a certified accountant, having been a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 2009 and being a Chartered Accountant as certified by the Malaysia Institute of Accountants since 2013.Ms. Sim served as Chief Financial Officer of our operating subsidiary, Agroz Group, from September 2023 to December 2024. From March 2022 to August 2023, Ms. Sim served as Vice President at RHB Insurance Berhad (“RHB Insurance”), a Malaysian insurance company offering policies to both individuals and businesses. In this role, Ms. Sim was primarily responsible for finance operations and reporting process implementation for compliance requirements from the relevant regulatory bodies, accounting standards and relevant laws. Ms. Sim’s last project for RHB Insurance was the planning, designing and implementation of the finance operations and reporting systems and processes of IFRS 17. Before ascending to the role of Vice President, Ms. Sim served as Assistant Vice President at the same company from August 2014 to February 2022. As Assistant Vice President, her responsibilities included, amongst other things, monitoring and tracking daily payment and managing cash flow, developing cash management reporting and updating the company’s operations manual, managing bank reconciliation, preparing budget reports.Ms. Sim earned a Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 2003, an Advanced Diploma in Commerce (Financial Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 2005, and her Master in Business Administration from Wawasan Open University in 2010.
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