Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared

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CosmoNova@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

A few trips to a hardware store and hours of tinkering later, the trio had built a contraption. Yes, it was leaky. It was inefficient. But it would form the basis of the company […]

[…] he number of employees listed on LinkedIn has halved since December 2021. Infarm declined to comment for this piece, and said it does not “comment on any rumours, speculations or opinions.”

Sounds like they’re already being sued and want to stay quiet for legal reasons. What a mess.

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