| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.08.2026 | 🎥 Carbon Robotics: $100m+ revenue, new machine and a path to IPO | Seattle-based Carbon Robotics is aiming to become a publicly traded company as it continues to scale its laser weeding and tractor autonomy business.
The firm, which passed the $100 million revenue mark in the year to March 2026, is also de... |
| 24.02.2026 | AI Service Robotics Market Accelerates as Platforms Move from Prototype to Revenue Deployment | - |
| 11.02.2026 | Frontier AI heads to the farm with Carbon Robotics’ Large Plant Model | Carbon Robotics has hinted for some time that “another AI robot” would join its product lineup. Last week the Seattle-based company finally lifted the veil on its Large Plant Model (LPM), which it says is the most advanced AI model out ther... |
| 29.10.2025 | Carbon Robotics founder Paul Mikesell on agtech: ‘Be careful how you talk about it’ | Will ag automation and robotics ever reach smaller farms? Will specialty crops ever see the rise of harvesting robots? And most important, how should agtech startups approach VCs now that the cheap money is gone and investment is down?
In a... |
| 26.06.2025 | Innovation chokehold or ‘meaningless lawsuit’? Agtech weighs in on the Carbon Robotics vs. Laudando & Associates case | Tomorrow, agtech company Laudando & Associates (L&A) will release its L&Aser technology module for laser weeding crops under a global open-source license on developer platform GitHub, following new developments in the legal batt... |
| 03.06.2025 | How Trump's Tariffs Are Reshaping Startups and Venture Capital Trump's 2025 tariffs have disrupted startups and VC markets, forcing founders to adapt through supply chain pivots, sector shifts, and al... | President Donald Trump's 2025 tariff policies — a 25% levy on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% duty on Chinese imports — sent shockwaves through the global economy. While framed as a strategy to bolster domestic manufacturing and curb... |
| 02.01.2025 | What were the top 15 agtech deals of 2024? | Ag biotechnologies and robotics are two segments in the upstream supply chain that have shown significant resilience in 2024 and attracted large deals from investors. Another key trend this year has been the emergence of developing economic... |
| 16.12.2024 | 10 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In 2024 | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This is our annual roundup pulled from our monthly 5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed column. Check out last month’s entry here.
It’s the end of the year and everyone should finally have... |
| 01.11.2024 | Are agtech stakeholders actually collaborating? FIRA USA 2024 attendees weigh in | Is the agrifood industry truly collaborating to move technology forward or is less talk, more action needed?
I’ve been kicking this question around in my head for some time, particularly as the word crops up more and more in conversations, ... |
| 31.10.2024 | 5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In October: More Accessible Tech And The Ultimate Weed Wacker | 1 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out last month’s entry here.
While the goblins and ghouls make th... |
| 28.10.2024 | Future of farming? Carbon Robotics raises $70M for AI robots that blast weeds with lasers | - |
| 25.10.2024 | The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Seaport Therapeutics And Zip Top Big Money Week | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board.
This is a w... |
| 24.10.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Agtonomy raises $32.8m, NVentures backs Orbital Materials, NotCo unveils ‘fragrance formulator’ | Ag robotics and automation startups swarmed the news this week, coinciding with the FIRA 2024 farm robotics show in Sacramento, California. Agtonomy, Carbon Robotics, FarmDroid, and others all announced fundraises, while AgFunder portco Ver... |
| 23.10.2024 | Carbon Robotics eyes new regions, products with $70m raise: ‘We’re focused very intently on the field’ | Carbon Robotics has raised a $70 million Series D round that will fuel the growth of its autonomous LaserWeeder platform for farmers.
This round brings the US-based company’s total funding to date to $157 million.
VC firm BOND led the round... |
| 22.10.2024 | Carbon Robotics Secures $70M to Revolutionize Farming with AI | In the world of agriculture, weeds are the silent thieves. They rob crops of nutrients, water, and sunlight. But a new player is stepping into the field, armed with lasers and artificial intelligence. Carbon Robotics, based in Seattle, has ... |
| 22.10.2024 | Carbon Robotics: AI-Based Farming Company Raises $70 Million (Series D) | Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-based farming, announced that it has raised $70 million in Series D financing. The funding was led by new investor BOND with participation from existing investors NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Ant... |
| 21.10.2024 | Carbon Robotics raises $70M to scale up AI-powered robotic farming solutions
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One click below supports our mission to prov... | Artificial intelligence-powered farming robotics company Carbon Autonomous Robotics Systems Inc. today announced that it has raised $70 million in a late-stage funding to help scale up its business, introduce new software and hardware produ... |
| 21.10.2024 | Carbon Robotics Raises $70M in Series D Funding | Carbon Robotics, a Seattle, WA-based company which specializes in AI-powered farming, raised $70M in Series D funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $157M, was led by BOND with participation from existing investors NVentures ... |
| 26.09.2024 | Navigating the Agtech Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities Amidst a Capital Crunch | The agricultural technology sector is at a crossroads. With a capital crunch tightening its grip, startups in ag robotics and automation face a daunting landscape. Yet, the need for innovation has never been more pressing. Farmers are grapp... |
| 25.09.2024 | Sponsored post: How ag robotics & automation startups should navigate the current capital crunch | It’s no secret that capital is constrained right now in the agtech world, making fundraises difficult for startups and causing more than a little uncertainty over future growth of the sector. When it comes to ag robotics and automation, thi... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: A New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field awakening at dawn, the farm robotics sector is blossoming, even amid economic challenges. In 2024, the sector has raised nearly $399 million, a drop from the previous year but still a ... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in 2024**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Farm robotics is at the forefront of this transformation. In 2024, the sector is grappling with funding challenges but is also witnessing a surge in innovation. As labor costs ris... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating a New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field being tilled for the first time, the farm robotics sector is breaking new ground. In 2024, despite a challenging fundraising environment, this sector is showing resilience and innovati... |
| 24.07.2024 | The 7 biggest farm robotics deals of 2024 so far | The farm robotics sector has shown some resilience in 2024 and continues to bring innovative products to market, despite the challenging year for fundraising.
In the first half of 2024, the AgFunder-defined Farm Robotics, Mechanization, and... |
| 18.06.2024 | Как бигтех инвестирует в ИИ | По данным Crunchbase, в этом году по объему инвестиций в стартапы в области ИИ пока лидируют Microsoft и Nvidia. Однако другие компании, например Google и Databricks, не сильно отстают и даже набирают обороты. Nvidia
Наибольшего успеха во в... |
| 12.06.2024 | Microsoft, Nvidia Lead In Investing In AI Startups, But Others Close Behind | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Just last week it was reported chip giant Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures 1 and Cisco all participated in a $450 million investment for Toronto-based AI startup Cohere. That same day, Cisco and its inves... |
| 07.05.2024 | Brief: NVIDIA’s venture arm invests in autonomous weeding startup Carbon Robotics | NVIDIA‘s venture capital arm, NVentures, has invested in US-based Carbon Robotics, best known for its autonomous laser-weeding platform for specialty crops.
A specific dollar amount was not disclosed; Carbon Robotics says this investment to... |
| 19.03.2024 | Drones and robots could replace some field workers as farming goes high-tech | The fruits and vegetables you eat may soon be cultivated and processed by an army of drones and robots, some powered by artificial intelligence. In fact, it's already happening on farms across America.
Hylio, a Houston-based tech company, w... |
| 06.12.2023 | Carbon Robotics raises additional $8M as maker of AI-powered weed zapper eyes new ag-tech product | Carbon Robotics CEO Paul Mikesell with the company’s weed-zapping robot. (Carbon Robotics Photo)
Carbon Robotics, makers of a weed-zapping machine powered by artificial intelligence and computer vision technology, has raised an additional $... |
| 22.09.2023 | 5 crucial agtech tools for sustainable and productive farming | Epi Ludvik is the founder and CEO of Crowdsourcing Week and BOLD Awards, which award companies in the digital economy. He works with all types and sizes of organizations, from high-profile companies to emerging startups, helping them to har... |
| 19.05.2023 | GeekWire Awards 2023 revealed: Community honors top innovation in Pacific Northwest tech | Jake Stallman, VP of build quality and design at Carbon Robotics, snags a selfie with R2-D2 while accepting the Hardware/Gadget/Robotics of the Year Award at the 2023 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
A Star Wars theme comple... |
| 08.05.2023 | 70% of specialty crop growers now investing in farm robots, says new Western Growers report | Labor costs and availability issues are driving more investment in automation amongst specialty crop growers, according to a new report from US-based Western Growers Association.
Roughly 70% of growers surveyed for the second annual Special... |
| 16.04.2023 | Weekly AiThority Roundup: Biggest Machine Learning, Robotic And Automation Updates – April 2nd Week | This is your AI Weekly Roundup . We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updates will feature state-of-the-art capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Fintech, and human... |
| 13.04.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: ClimateAI raises $22m, Legit Group cooks up $13m, Farm.One reopens | This week, climate forecasting platform ClimateAI landed Series B funding and cloud kitchen startup Legit Group snagged Series A funds. Elsewhere, struggling Farm.One secured investment and reopened its farm in Brooklyn, and eGrocery startu... |
| 12.04.2023 | Carbon Robotics Raises $30 Million in Funding to Scale AI-Powered LaserWeeder Platform | New lead investor Sozo Ventures is joined by existing investors Anthos Capital, Fuse Venture Capital, Ignition Partners, Liquid2 and Voyager Capital
Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, announced it closed $30 million in Series... |
| 12.04.2023 | Carbon Robotics Raises $30M in Series C Funding | Carbon Robotics, a Seattle, WA-based AI-powered robotics company, raised $30M in Series C funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $67M, was led by Sozo Ventures with participation from existing investors Anthos Capital, Fuse V... |
| 11.04.2023 | Carbon Robotics lands $30M to sell more weed-destroying machines powered by AI | The LaserWeeder from Seattle startup Carbon Robotics zaps weeds using a high-powered lasers powered by AI and cameras. (Carbon Photos)
Turns out that farmers like using lasers to kill weeds.
Seattle startup Carbon Robotics raised $30 millio... |
| 11.04.2023 | Carbon Robotics bags $30m to fight the war on weeds with autonomous laser bots | Carbon Robotics has raised a $30 million Series C for its precision weed-control system for speciality crops.
New investor Sozo Ventures led the round with participation from existing investors Anthos Capital, Fuse Venture Capital, Ignition... |
| 03.03.2023 | Carbon Robotics Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 | AI-powered robotics company joins the ranks of OpenAI, Disney, Tiffany & Co., and more
Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies f... |
| 14.02.2023 | Carbon Robotics Adds Industry’s First LaserThinning Capability to its AI-powered LaserWeeder | Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, introduced the industry’s first LaserThinning capability, continuing the rapid innovation of its state-of-the-art LaserWeeder. LaserThinning targets areas where vegetable crops are purposefu... |
| 13.04.2022 | Tech with a touch: Vote for Hardware/Gadget of the Year at the GeekWire Awards | Clockwise from top left, hardware from Carbon Robotics, Wyze, Pallet, Picnic and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Software gets a lot of attention in the Seattle area, but how about a hand for hardware and gadgets that you can actuall... |
| 07.02.2022 | Seattle VC says this startup is the ‘fastest growing company I’ve seen’ in 23 years of investing | The 2022 LaserWeeder from Carbon Robotics has a span of three crop rows, roughly 20 feet wide, and uses 30 lasers to zap weeds. (Carbon Robotics Image)
Weeds may be a fast-growing headache for farmers, but a startup building machinery power... |
| 02.11.2021 | Self-Driving Farm Robot Uses Lasers To Kill 100,000 Weeds An Hour, Saving Land And Farmers From Toxic Herbicides | |
| 01.09.2021 | Carbon Robotics Raises $27M In Series B Financing | Carbon Robotics, a Seattle, WA-based agriculture robotics company, raised $27m in Series B financing.
Backers included Anthos Capital, Ignition Partners, Fuse Venture Capital, Voyager Capital, Bolt and Liquid2 Ventures.
The company, which h... |
| 01.09.2021 | AI-powered weed destroying startup harvests $27M round, farmers say laser-blasting machine saves time and cuts pesticide use | (Carbon Robotics Photos)
Investors are putting more cash behind the self-driving weed-zapping machines made by Carbon Robotics that are attracting attention from farmers across the world.
The Seattle-based startup just landed $27 million to... |
| 01.09.2021 | Carbon Robotics secures $27M for its autonomous field weeders | Agricultural robotics firm Carbon Robotics (not to be confused with our former Battlefield contestant) announced this week that it has secured $27 million in funding. The round — which features Anthos Capital, Ignition Capital, Fuse Venture... |
| 15.04.2021 | Pizza, picking and swimming snakes | Some weeks are slim pickings when it comes to pulling together interesting robotics stories. This is, decidedly, not one of those weeks. In fact, it’s been a bit tough keeping up with the deluge of robotics activity over the past seven days... |
| 13.04.2021 | Isilon founder lifts the hood on farming startup Carbon Robotics and its weed zapping machine | Carbon Robotics’ Autonomous Weeder uses artificial intelligence to identify and zap weeds growing in fields of vegetables. (Carbon Robotics Photo)
Carbon Robotics, a Seattle company led by Isilon Systems co-founder Paul Mikesell, is unveili... |
| 13.04.2021 | This startup says its new laser-armed weeding robot is already sold out for 2021 | Autonomous robotics company Carbon Robotics today debuted its third-generation weeding robot which combines AI and laser technology to take care of one of farmers’ least-favorite jobs.
“After meeting with a bunch of farmers and talking abou... |
| - | Carbon Robotics | “Carbon Robotics builds the industry-leading AI-powered LaserWeeder™. LaserWeeder combines computer vision, AI deep learning technology, robotics, and lasers to identify crops versus weeds - and shoots the weeds with lasers. LaserWeeding cu... |
| - | Carbon Robotics | “The Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder solves one of agriculture's biggest problems: weed control. Laserweeding is better than spraying herbicides, hand weeding, or mechanical weeding. It harnesses computer vision and thermal energy to identify, ... |
