Goes full time as CEO of FarmMind

Leaves Capitol Hill and returns to Louisiana to lead FarmMind full time as founder and CEO, moving from the policy of AI to building it.

Colin Raby and two FarmMind teammates walking through a soybean field with sweep nets over their shoulders — Fig. 1Scouting a soybean field with sweep nets.

After his time in Congress, Raby returned to Louisiana to lead FarmMind full time as founder and CEO, trading the policy conversation about AI for the work of building it.

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