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<p>The linux.conf.au 2019 team are excited to announce Rory Aronson
as our first keynote speaker!<br>
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Rory is the CEO of FarmBot Inc, a California benefit corporation
that produces 100% open-source CNC farming machines designed for
small-scale automated precision food production.</p>
<p>Rory started the project from his sunny porch in San Luis Obispo
with the publishing of the FarmBot whitepaper in September of
2013. From there, he formed a small team consisting of hardware
and software engineers who brought the project to market in July
of 2016 with the debut of FarmBot Genesis.<br>
After raising over $1,000,000 in pre-order sales in 2016, the team
shipped their first units to customers in early 2017. Today, over
900 FarmBot kits have been delivered to customers all around the
world, and the FarmBot community continues to grow.</p>
<p>Come and hear Rory speak at linux.conf.au 2019!<br>
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