Artarmon AI

From CSIRO to Alphabet — solving agriculture's hardest data problems.

I've spent 25 years building data and AI systems for agriculture — from a decade of research at CSIRO to data science leadership at Climate Corporation, Metromile, and Google's Mineral. I now help Food & AgTech companies get more from their models, their data, and their teams.

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David Clifford, Artarmon AI

How I Can Help

Four ways to work together.

01

AI Readiness Assessment

Expert assessment of your group's readiness for adopting AI - from data gathering, problem identification, and change management. You'll receive a priortised action plan to get you set for adoption — plus a follow-up conversation to make sure it lands.

Typically 3–5 days
02

Product Health Check

Expert assessment of the data and models that underpin your product. You'll receive actionable recommendations, performance optimisation strategies, and a detailed roadmap — plus a follow-up conversation to make sure it lands.

Typically 3–5 days
03

Strategic Advisory

Accelerate your AI initiatives with regular expert guidance. Get unblocked on technical challenges, sharpen your model architecture, and move faster — through focused strategy sessions and consistent technical leadership.

Ongoing — weekly or monthly
04

Embedded Research

Fast-track your modelling work with an AI consultant embedded in your team. Hands-on development, architecture guidance, and knowledge transfer — building production-grade AI systems together.

Fractional · fixed period, 3–6+ months

About

Research roots. Industry scars.

I'm David Clifford — a data scientist and AI consultant with a PhD in spatial statistics from the University of Chicago, where I attended as a Fulbright Scholar. After a decade of applied research at CSIRO in Australia, I moved into industry: leading data science for Seed Advisor at The Climate Corporation prior to acquisition by Bayer, heading data science at Metromile, then joining Google's Moonshot Factory to help build Mineral, an independent Alphabet company reshaping AI in agriculture. I'm now based in Ireland, consulting across Food, AgTech, and AI — bringing both the rigour of research and the hard-won pragmatism of shipping real products.

Where I've worked

University of ChicagoPhD · Fulbright Scholar · Lecturer
CSIROPostdoc → Senior Research Scientist
The Climate CorporationData Science Lead
MetromileHead of Data Science
Mineral & Google · AlphabetHead of Science & Data Science
KynetecExecutive Director, Data Science

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Book a 30-minute call and let's see if we're a good fit. No pitch — just a focused conversation about what you're building and where you're stuck.

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