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Business Wire • Jun 2, 2025
Carbon Robotics Adds Lead Independent Director to Board
Board update and company milestones from Carbon Robotics.
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Carbon Robotics
Carbon Robotics builds autonomous farm robots that pair computer vision with high-powered lasers to eliminate weeds while protecting soil health.
Highlights
- Invests at the intersection of AI, robotics, and sustainability—aligning with Don’s thesis on data-rich industrial systems.
- Carbon Robotics helps growers boost yields, reduce herbicide use, and capture detailed agronomic data with each pass.
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Carbon Robotics Raises $20M, Teases New “AI Robot” for Farms
Fresh capital from a Giant Ventures–led Series D-2 extension brings total funding to $177M as Carbon Robotics prepares an AI-powered field robot that goes beyond weeding.
- New product: an unrevealed AI robot slated to debut in ~9 months, leveraging the same computer vision + machine learning platform used in the LaserWeeder family.
- Existing lineup: LaserWeeder G2 for precision weed destruction and the Autonomous Tractor Kit (ATK) retrofit that turns conventional tractors autonomous.
- CEO Paul Mikesell (Isilon Systems co-founder) says the proprietary targeting system keeps high-powered lasers locked on weeds—something competitors underestimate.
- Operations span ~260 employees with manufacturing in Richland, WA and the Netherlands; equipment already runs in 14 countries with fast revenue growth.
- Technology edge: a shared “large plant model” aggregates data from every farm so each deployed unit benefits from global updates.
- Funding: $20M Series D-2 from UK-based Giant Ventures pushes lifetime financing to $177M, fueling expansion toward a broader AI robotics platform.
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