Zohayb Riaz

Precision irrigation for small and mid-size farms

Smart Soil puts sensors in the ground, forecasts soil moisture and runs irrigation automatically, so farms use less water without giving up yield. As President, I built the company's website and its Round 1 pitch deck.

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Drought is getting more expensive

Drought and dry soil cost the global economy more than $307 billion a year, $10 to $14 billion of it in the U.S. In 2026 only 28% of U.S. winter wheat was rated good to excellent, a four-year low, and corn fell to 48% from 68% a year earlier.

Sense, predict, act

Field-grade 50-inch sensors measure soil moisture, dryness, pH and temperature. A cloud platform combines live readings with historical records to forecast what each crop needs, and automated actuation runs the irrigation around the clock.

A reading every 15 minutes

Sensors placed every 12 to 25 acres report every 15 to 30 minutes over 5G. Regression and LSTM models forecast soil moisture, and irrigation switches on when moisture drops below 25%, unless heavy rain is on the way.

From $2 an acre

A subscription of $2 to $4 per acre per season, a one-time install of about $4 per acre, and maintenance around $0.40 per acre per month. The app's cost estimator shows farmers their price before they sign up.

The pilot plan

So far, the farmer app is designed and we've interviewed farmers across Massachusetts. Next is a pilot on about 500 acres with one or two partner farms for a full growing season, measuring water use and yield against a control field.

Six mountains, climbed together

A co-op mountaineering survival game. Teams of up to four climb six mountains, camp by camp, to the summit and back down to the finish flag.

Mountain 1 and its village

We're building Mountain 1 first, starting with the alpine village at its base: chalets, a clock tower, a fountain, café tables and lamp posts, modelled in Blender and rebuilt in the game.

A low-poly mountain world

Snow, pine forests and rock faces in a clean low-poly style, so the route up each mountain reads clearly from far away.

How it's built

One service per game system and every tunable number in a single config. The code lives in Git and syncs into the game engine with our own tool, and design notes and critiques live in a shared Obsidian vault.

Build once, reskin forever

One game layout, built once and polished, then reskinned with a new theme to make each new game. The layout and the theme are kept apart, so a new game is a reskin, not a rebuild.

Train, test, rebirth

Players train on a themed trainer, test their power in the main area, and push through six stages: Pond, Creek, River, Lake, Waterfall and Ocean. Reaching the top unlocks a rebirth, which resets your levels for the next run.

Eggs, passes and boosts

An egg panel, game passes, titles, a favourite prompt and server boosts give players goals beyond the main loop, and give each game a way to earn.