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| Company | NKTEK GmbH |
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| Headquarters | Augsburg, Bavaria |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Executive Management | Daniyal Noor, Dominik Kraus |
| Product | HerdTek continuous AI health monitoring system for dairy cattle |
| System Architecture | All in one ecosystem combining a smart ear tag, standalone base station, cloud based AI, and app |
| Core Technology | Optical sensing paired with edge AI for real time processing directly on the tag |
| Monitored Vitals | Heart rate, heart rate variability, blood oxygenation SpO2, respiration rate, activity, body temperature, and rumination. Three of these parameters, heart rate, heart rate variability, and blood oxygenation, are measured exclusively on tag by HerdTek, delivering cardiovascular insights available from no other system on the market. |
| Advantage | World first on tag cardiovascular monitoring. Gathering seven distinct biological indicators offers far deeper health insights than legacy activity trackers. |
| Infrastructure | Self sufficient long range radio link. Base stations run on cellular LTE-M/NB-IoT with no farm Wi Fi required. |
| Current Status | Prototypes developed. Hardware, electronics, and software are currently being validated. We are planning the pilot projects. Commercial market release targeted for 2027. |
| Funding | Bootstrapped with backing from EXIST Startup Grant (BMWE) and EXIST Research Transfer Phase II. |