We are building the Universal Translator for Plant Life.
Founded in Bengaluru in 2024, Vriksh Vani merges non-invasive thermal biometrics with embedded artificial intelligence to give a voice to the natural world.
Born in a Bengaluru Bio-Physics Lab.
When founder Siddhant Tiwari noticed his rare Monstera dying despite following every online care guide, he realized traditional soil probes only measure external dirt — not internal plant physiology.
Partnering with bio-physicists at IISc Bengaluru, they discovered that leaf transpiration creates micro-kelvin surface temperature signatures. The NIH-01 was born to decode those signatures into human speech.
The 3 Core Guiding Axioms
- 01.Plants Are Sentient Organisms: They communicate biophysically; we simply need the sensitivity to listen.
- 02.Zero Privacy Compromise: No video cameras, no cloud image harvesting. Local SRAM frame purging is mandatory.
- 03.Intergenerational Durability: Slip-cast ceramic housings engineered to outlast disposable plastic gadgets.
Reconnecting Humanity to the Natural Order.
Modern urbanization disconnected humans from nature. Vriksh Vani uses technology not to distract, but to deepen our empathy for living flora.
Ethical AI Principles
We never anthropomorphize plants artificially; every voice output maps directly to verifiable thermal and gas biometrics.
Sustainable Manufacturing
92% recycled ceramic clay, 100% FSC cotton packaging, zero single-use plastics in our supply chain.
Open Research Standard
We publish our plant bio-physics findings and provide open SDKs for university research labs globally.
"We spent a century treating technology as something that separates us from nature. At Vriksh Vani, we build technology whose sole purpose is to make you pause, listen, and care for the living plant beside you."
Siddhant Tiwari
Former hardware lead and embedded systems architect with over a decade of experience in thermal imaging and low-power Edge NPU design.
Passionate botanist managing a personal collection of 150+ rare tropical species in Bengaluru, driving Vriksh Vani's mission to harmonize technology and plant life.
Botanists, Bio-Physicists & Engineers.
Dr. Ramesh Varma
Head of BiophysicsFormer IISc Bengaluru researcher specializing in stomatal thermal flux and plant transpiration dynamics.
Elena Rostova
Principal Industrial DesignerAward-winning ceramic designer formerly leading hardware aesthetic studios in London & Milan.
Karthik Subramanian
VP of Embedded AITinyML expert focused on quantized ARM Cortex-M4 NPU neural network architectures.
Our Milestones & History.
Lab Proof of Concept
First FLIR thermal leaf transpiration reading validated at IISc Bengaluru.
Artisanal Ceramic Shell
Crafted first slip-cast ceramic prototype with optical thermal window.
NTE™ Voice Synthesis
Trained local TinyML NPU voice engine across 8 native languages.
Batch 01 Global Launch
Shipping first 500 numbered Founding Member hardware hubs.
Development Timeline & Milestones
2024–2026 Research & Hardware Engineering Roadmap
Initial Biophysics Research
Research initiated at IISc Bengaluru studying leaf surface temperature correlation with VPD and stomatal conductance across 30 tropical species.
Hardware Alpha Prototype
Integration of FLIR Lepton 3.5 LWIR thermal camera with Bosch BME688 gas sensor on custom PCB architecture.
NTE™ Model v1.0 & Patent Filing
Developed quantized INT8 speech synthesis model running on ESP32-S3. Patent Pending filed (#202641012903) for non-invasive plant voice translation.
Global Beta Programme (Batch 00)
Deployed 150 Batch 00 hubs across 23 countries, collecting 1.2M+ daily biometric readings to validate species VPD targets.
Batch 01 Production & Open Data Launch
Stoneware ceramic production in Bengaluru + public release of the Vriksh Vani Open Data Programme datasets.
Academic & Technology Partners.
IISc Bengaluru
Bio-Physics Calibration Partner
FLIR Systems
Thermal Optics Partner
Bosch Sensortec
BME688 Quad-Gas Sensor Partner
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Tropical Flora Research Partner
Our Offices & Ceramic Kilns.
Bengaluru, India
Indiranagar 100ft Rd, Bengaluru
London, United Kingdom
Kew Science Park, London
San Francisco, United States
Market St, San Francisco