--- description: Find out why Scout Gen 5 is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. title: Scout Gen 5: The Best Inventions of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411233bc709034eb/6998ca2e7323af212b2bce23/scout-gen5-TIME-best-inventions-2025-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Scout Gen 5 Vineyard manager by [Nikita Ostrovsky](/author/nikita-ostrovsky/) ## Nikita Ostrovsky Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy Scout In 2017, a wildfire nearly claimed the home of Scout CEO Kia Behnia. “Our vineyard saved our house,” he says, by acting as a natural firebreak. Now his company’s flagship platform, Scout Gen 5, returns the favor by helping farmers keep an eye on every vine. Launched in April, the software analyzes vintners’ photos and geolocations—from smartphones to those mounted on the back of ATVs—then uses AI to create an interactive vineyard map, plus a vine-level inventory with insights into each plant’s health, maturity, and productivity. “Farmers have this natural intuition,” Behnia says. “Scout doesn't take the artistry away—it scales it.” These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Scout Gen 5: The Best Inventions of 2025 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318235/scout-gen5/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318235/scout-gen5/"},"headline":"Scout Gen 5","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:45.820Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318235/scout-gen5/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411233bc709034eb/6998ca2e7323af212b2bce23/scout-gen5-TIME-best-inventions-2025-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nikita Ostrovsky","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nikita-ostrovsky/"}],"creator":"Nikita Ostrovsky","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411233bc709034eb/6998ca2e7323af212b2bce23/scout-gen5-TIME-best-inventions-2025-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318235/scout-gen5/","name":"Scout Gen 5"}}]}] ```