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Mosqitter expands AI-based mosquito surveillance network across 5,000 traps

Pennsylvania-based startup Mosqitter, which makes chemical-free mosquito traps that mimic human heat, scent and breath, says it now has more than 5,000 devices deployed across five continents, up from roughly 250 in 2022. CEO Anastasiia Romanova told TechCrunch the company is turning these traps into an AI-powered monitoring network designed to identify mosquito species, track population changes and provide earlier warnings of disease risk.

techcrunch.com · 2026-10-14

US mosquito-borne diseases surge as gene-based control tech stalls in regulation

The US saw dengue cases jump to nearly 4,000 in 2024, a 360 percent rise over the prior decade's average, with local transmission in Florida, California, Texas and a public health emergency declared in Puerto Rico. Ten locally acquired malaria cases appeared in 2023, the first in twenty years, even as yellow fever-carrying mosquitoes remain present. Genetic engineering that makes male mosquitoes' offspring unable to survive, collapsing local populations, has existed since 2000 but has been stuck in regulatory limbo for roughly fifteen years.

worksinprogress.co · 2026-10-04