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About Orchard
Industries
Food & Agriculture
Data & Analytics
Robotics & Automation
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$26.4M
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Founded
2022
Overview
Orchard Robotics designs and sells (and may lease) advanced camera systems paired with AI-powered computer vision software to manage crop load in orchards. The system attaches to tractors or farm vehicles, capturing images of trees and using custom software to size and track visible fruit on every tree. This provides growers with precise data on fruit load, enabling informed decisions to optimize yield and fruit quality. Unlike generic surveillance or imaging tools, Orchard combines Cornell University–originated research with purpose-built hardware and software for per-tree fruit counting and tracking. The company’s goal is to help orchard operators improve crop yield and quality through data-driven farming, supported by direct sales or service contracts.
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- $22M Series A from Quiet Capital, Shine Capital doubles team, opens San Francisco office.
- Expands to blueberries, cherries, almonds, pistachios, citrus, strawberries growers.
- Licenses vision models to AGCO, CNH for row crops like corn, soybeans.
What critics are saying
- John Deere's See & Spray integrates herbicide spraying, blocks row crop expansion.
- AgEagle eBee drones undercut tractor cameras with faster overhead orchard imaging.
- Prospera fixed cameras detect diseases continuously, erode Orchard's monitoring value.
What makes Orchard unique
- Orchard Robotics mounts AI cameras on tractors for precise fruit sizing across trees.
- Cornell spinout delivers ground-truth data replacing manual sampling in orchards.
- Cloud software analyzes fruit health, color for apples, grapes, berries, nuts.
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Funding
Total Funding
$26.4M
Above
Industry Average
Funded Over
2 Rounds
Insight Partners
General CatalystIndustry standards
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Work Hours
401(k) Company Match
Stock Options
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 5%1 year growth
↓ -4%2 year growth
↑ 8%Orchard Robotics, an AI startup focused on specialty crop farming, has raised $22 million in a funding round led by Insight Partners, with General Catalyst and Contrary also participating. Founded by Justin Wu, the company uses AI-powered computer vision to modernize farm management by replacing manual crop sampling with data-driven insights. Orchard's technology, currently used in apple and grape farms, has expanded to include other crops like blueberries and almonds. Wu aims to develop a comprehensive farm operating system.
Orchard Robotics, the AI Farming Company, today announced its oversubscribed $22M Series A funding. The round was led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital, wit...
Listen to this articleChinese and U.S. companies led March 2024 robotics investments. Credit: Eacon Mining, Dan Kara. Thirty-seven robotics firms received funding in March 2024, pulling in a total monthly investment of $642 million. March’s investment figure was significantly less than February’s mark of approximately $2 billion, but it was in keeping with other monthly investments in 2023 and early 2024 (see Figure 1, below).California companies secure investment. As described in Table 1 below, the two largest robotics investments in March were secured by software suppliers
The latest seed funding propels the company towards a fruitful future, fueling rapid expansion of our state-of-the-art technology to serve larger acreage and
- Orchard Robotics introduces a visionary system revolutionizing data collection in agriculture. - The system empowers farm equipment to function as sophisticated data collectors, transcending…
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About Orchard
Industries
Food & Agriculture
Data & Analytics
Robotics & Automation
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$26.4M
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Founded
2022
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