Inside Europe's Bet on Drones

Károly Ludvigh, CEO and co-founder of ABZ Innovation

Key Points

• Why existing agricultural drones on the market fell short on reliability, and why ABZ decided to build its own hardware from the ground up
• How technology is transforming the day-to-day work of farmers, even in a sector that looks traditional from the outside
• Building for customers who prioritise reliability over exciting technology, and the engineering lessons that come with it
• How the war in Ukraine has reshaped Europe's drone industry: manufacturing capacity, investment, and the shift toward local production
• ABZ's stance on dual-use and defence applications versus staying focused on agricultural and civilian industrial use cases
• Scaling across 40+ countries with divergent UAV regulations, and a look at what drones may routinely do in agriculture within five to ten years