PEAT GmbH launched the Plantix app in 2015.[4] In April 2020 PEAT acquired the Swiss-Indian startup Salesbee.[5] The company has been featured in major media outlets such as BBC, Fortune, Wired, MIT technology review and Nature.[6][7][8][9] It has also been awarded with the CeBITInnovation Award and the USAID digital smart farming award and the Worlds Summit Award, by the United Nation.[10][11][12]