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Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison set out to reinvent agriculture on Hawaii ’s Lnai Island , which he scooped up for $300 million back in 2012 .

Eight years and more than $500 million later, the project is still floundering.

Sensei Farms has been tripped up by tech snarls, like Wi-Fi issues and solar panels battered by the wind, and rookie mistakes.

Even bottomless funding is no match for the hard lessons of a specialized industry.

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