LISTEN: Gripp helps farmers get a handle on multiple ag apps with dead-simple record keeping platform
October 20, 2025 | Austin Barnes
On this episode of our 12-part Plug and Play Topeka podcast series, we explore how agtech startup Gripp is bringing structure and simplicity to farm operations. Its helps farmers connect their teams, track equipment and assets, and turn everyday routines into shared knowledge.
Having grown up on a Wisconsin farm, co-founder and CEO Tracey Wiedmeyer shares how the experience shaped Gripp’s mission — and what it means to build tech that farmers actually want to use.
Recorded live at the Plug and Play Animal Health & AgTech Expo in Topeka, hear how Plug and Play’s Kansas ecosystem is helping the company scale smart, practical innovation across the heartland.
Listen to a teaser below or click here for the full podcast episode.
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