About

Founded

2018

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Industry

Robotics, Agtech

Company Description

Carbon Robotics builds innovative agricultural tools that empower farmers to operate more efficiently. Carbon Robotics’ revolutionary, high-precision laserweeding leverages sophisticated AI technology to improve crop quality, provide safer working conditions for farmers, reduce overall costs associated with modern farming, and create sustainable paths to regenerative and organic farming.

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Funding

Total Raised

$67 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

Sozo Ventures, Anthos Capital, Fuse Venture Capital, Ignition Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Voyager Capital

Company Traction

As of July 2023, Carbon Robotics claims its LaserWeeder has a 1-3 year payback.

As of April 2023, Carbon Robotics has eliminated 500 million weeds across 40 crops.

As of April 2023, Carbon Robotics is on track to deliver the LaserWeeder to farms across 17 US states.

As of April 2023, Carbon Robotics reported that farmers using the LaserWeeder have reduced control costs by up to 80%.

Leadership Team

Paul Mikesell: Founder & CEO of Carbon Robotics. Former Director of Infrastructure Engineering at Uber.

Alexander Sergeev: CTO at Carbon Robotics. Former Staff Software Engineer at Uber.

John Mey: VP of Product at Carbon Robotics. Former Project Manager, Robots Group at Electroimpact.

Nick Kirsch: VP of Engineering at Carbon Robotics. Former Founder & CEO of Atsu.

John Major: VP of Programs and Manufacturing Operations at Carbon Robotics. Former Regional Vice President, Midwest Operations at Achates Power.

Press

Fox Business (June 27, 2023): AI comes to the farm: New technology tackles acres of weeds quickly by using robotics and lasers

TechCrunch (April 11, 2023): Carbon’s laser weeding robots score another $30M

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