Halter Limited
HQ
Auckland, New Zealand
NZ Employees
200
Industry
agtech virtual fencing and livestock management
NZ Presence
Headquarters at 66 Sale Street, Auckland CBD; additional operations in Waikato and Canterbury; core NZ operations with profitable local subsidiary
AI Focus Areas
AI Maturity Evidence
Deploys Cowgorithm AI for animal training, machine learning models processing 7 billion hours of animal data, real-time big data platform with 6,000 data points per minute per collar; hiring software engineers and previously automation specialists
Transformation Opportunities
| Area | Opportunity | Impact | Complexity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operations | AI predictive maintenance and dispatch optimization for collars using telemetry data | high | moderate |
| Customer Service | AI-powered chatbots and virtual support agents for farmer troubleshooting | medium | simple |
| Sales | AI-driven lead scoring and personalized outreach using integrated farm data | high | moderate |
| HR | Automated recruitment pipelines and candidate matching for high-volume tech hiring | medium | simple |
| Data Analytics | Advanced ML models on petabyte-scale animal data for novel insights and product features | high | complex |
Decision Makers
Craig Piggott
CEO & Founder
Oversees overall strategy including tech product development with embedded AI
Andrew McLaren
VP Product & Engineering
Directly responsible for engineering team building AI/ML features in collars and platform
Mark MacLeod-Smith
Chief Operating Officer
Manages operations scaling where AI could optimize internal workflows
Tech Stack Signals
Competitive Landscape
Competitors like Vence, eShepherd, and Pasture.io are advancing AI-driven virtual fencing and monitoring; high pressure to innovate rapidly in global agtech market
AIA Fit Assessment
- --High budget signals from unicorn funding and revenue growth
- --Clear ops manual processes amid rapid scaling
- --Hiring tech talent but gaps in automation specialist role
- --Scaling AI maturity means product-focused but ops ripe for external acceleration
- --NZ HQ with accessible leadership
Hiring Signals
Total Roles
20
Remote
No
Levels
junior, senior, leadership
Skills Sought
Company Timeline
Founded by Craig Piggott
$165M funding round achieving unicorn status
NZ financials released: $2.8M profit, 60 new hires
First tracked job listing
Engagement Angle
With 127k collars deployed generating massive real-time data, how could AI supercharge your internal ops—like predictive field service or automated hiring—to keep pace with your product's AI sophistication?
Recommended AIA Service
Process Automation Sprint