Optimal

Optimal, operating as Optimal Labs Limited, sells an AI-based climate control service for commercial greenhouses. Growers define the climate they want — temperature targets, humidity deficit (HD) ranges, uniformity across compartments — and the system translates those targets into the hundreds of individual settings a greenhouse climate computer requires, updating them continuously as the weather forecast changes. The company positions this as an alternative to manual trial-and-error setting adjustment by head growers.

The workflow described on the company site has four steps: the grower states the desired climate strategy; Optimal shows predicted climate and planned settings for each compartment over the next 24 hours; Optimal writes settings into the climate computer through official APIs, leaving the grower's existing settings in place and allowing a return to manual control at any time; and Optimal monitors the greenhouse around the clock, addressing issues before they occur and alerting the grower when needed. The company states its AI simulates the entire greenhouse to model the effect of a settings change before it is made.

The website describes Optimal as an "AI partner" to climate computer vendors Priva and Ridder, connecting via secure cloud APIs with no additional sensors required. Customer case studies published on the site cover Integral Farms in Ontario and a Dutch grower operation.

Business model

Optimal supplies a software service layered on top of growers' existing greenhouse climate computers, integrating over vendor cloud APIs rather than selling hardware; the site states no additional sensors are required. Specific pricing or contract terms are not disclosed in the available sources.

Traction

Published customer results include, for Integral Farms in Ontario, 2.2x fewer temperature spikes, 2.3x fewer humidity spikes, and 75% and 88% improvements in temperature and humidity uniformity respectively. A Netherlands case study cites a 13% yield increase, 27% energy savings, a 10°Bx cherry-on-vine season average, and roughly 10 minutes per week spent by the grower on climate control. The product page also cites ±0.1°C temperature accuracy. All figures are self-reported by the company.

Latest developments

The company website carries a 2026 copyright notice for Optimal Labs Limited and publishes customer case studies from Ontario and the Netherlands, with active demo booking and careers links. No funding, product launch, or corporate events are documented in the available public sources.