Top 10 Startups developing AI for Agriculture in USA
Feb 02, 2026
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Funding: $163.9M
Carbon Robotics creates agricultural robot LaserWeeder, which recognizes weeds using computer vision and destroys them with a laser. The robot is mounted on a combine harvester and receives information from a camera system. The company has developed an artificial intelligence model - Large Plant Model (LPM), which allows farmers to identify and destroy new weeds without reprogramming/retraining robots. LPM was trained on over 150 million photos and data collected by the company's machines on more than 100 farms in 15 countries where the robots are currently operating. This model now forms the basis of Carbon AI, the artificial intelligence system that serves as the "brain" of the company's autonomous weed-killing robots. Carbon Robotics has also created its own autonomous tractor - LaserWeeder.
Carbon Robotics creates agricultural robot LaserWeeder, which recognizes weeds using computer vision and destroys them with a laser. The robot is mounted on a combine harvester and receives information from a camera system. The company has developed an artificial intelligence model - Large Plant Model (LPM), which allows farmers to identify and destroy new weeds without reprogramming/retraining robots. LPM was trained on over 150 million photos and data collected by the company's machines on more than 100 farms in 15 countries where the robots are currently operating. This model now forms the basis of Carbon AI, the artificial intelligence system that serves as the "brain" of the company's autonomous weed-killing robots. Carbon Robotics has also created its own autonomous tractor - LaserWeeder.
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Funding: $34M
Hippo Harvest develops an agriculture technology to help scale sustainable agriculture.
Hippo Harvest develops an agriculture technology to help scale sustainable agriculture.
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Funding: $31.1M
Blue River Technology employs computer vision and robotics technologies to build intelligent solutions for the agricultural industries. Its LettuceBot uses cutting edge computer vision and robotics to identify over 1.5M lettuce plants per hour and act 90 times per second, all with 1/4-inch precision.
Blue River Technology employs computer vision and robotics technologies to build intelligent solutions for the agricultural industries. Its LettuceBot uses cutting edge computer vision and robotics to identify over 1.5M lettuce plants per hour and act 90 times per second, all with 1/4-inch precision.
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Funding: $25.5M
Bonsai Robotics provides vision-based automation solutions for off-road vehicles, such as agricultural machines.
Bonsai Robotics provides vision-based automation solutions for off-road vehicles, such as agricultural machines.
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Funding: $25.8M
Orchard Robotics develops an operating system that enables precision agriculture driven by robots and AI.
Orchard Robotics develops an operating system that enables precision agriculture driven by robots and AI.
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Funding: $14.9M
Avalo is a plant biotech company using AI and evolution to make a more sustainable and resilient food system.
Avalo is a plant biotech company using AI and evolution to make a more sustainable and resilient food system.
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Funding: $4.5M
Harvest CROO Robotics has developed a robot to help strawberry farmers pick and pack their crops.
Harvest CROO Robotics has developed a robot to help strawberry farmers pick and pack their crops.
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Funding: £2.9M
Fieldwork Robotics makes soft, selective, and autonomous harvesting robots.
Fieldwork Robotics makes soft, selective, and autonomous harvesting robots.
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Naware offers an AI-powered robotic weed killer that attaches to lawn-mowing equipment to kill weeds as the lawn is mowed. Not only does it auto-detect weeds, but it also uses hot steam to kill them, rather than toxic herbicides.
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