Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language

Justin Mast’s life was changed by a cyborg plant.

A few years ago, Mast was reading through some scientific literature when he stumbled upon research about a houseplant wired to a motorized stand. When the plant wanted more light, electrical signals flowed through the living tissues. A control board sensed the current and wheeled the plant closer to the light source.

“I’m like, what the heck?” Mast told TechCrunch. “That was the entry to the rabbit hole for me.”

Mast…