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As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies 80 Acres Farms: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
80 Acres Farms is a Cincinnati-based vertical farming company using fully automated indoor farming systems to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers. The company partners with Siemens for automation technology and has raised $115M in capital, acquiring Plantae Biosciences to expand its biotechnology capabilities. Its technology subsidiary, Infinite Acres, handles the farming technology platform.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company 80 Acres Farms has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Siemens1× joint6 total
Most recent
80 Acres Farms on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Mike Zelkind CEO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for 80 Acres Farms.
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Recent coverage
80 Acres Farms in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company 80 Acres Farms has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Siemens1× joint6 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Other
$115M
Timeline
Every recorded move in 80 Acres Farms’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Siemens Digital Industries
2026-08-23Supply: Siemens automation and digital twin for farms from Siemens Digital Industries
New supplierNew supplier: Philips Healthcare
2026-08-23Supply: Philips LED grow lights for vertical farming from Philips Healthcare
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2018
80 Acres Automated Farm at Covington, Georgia, USA
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2015
80 Acres Automated Farm at Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for 80 Acres Farms.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning 80 Acres Farms from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Indoor ag heavyweight 80 Acres Farms to cease operations
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80 Acres Farms Announces 2024 Capital Raises and Acquisitions
80 Acres Farms announced capital raises totaling $115 million and the acquisition of Plantae Biosciences, an Israeli biotechnology company, to expand its vertical farming…
Vertical farming at 80 Acres Farms - Siemens
Siemens partnered with 80 Acres Farms through an equity investment from Siemens Financial Services to apply innovative automation solutions for vertical farming.
Siemens and 80 Acres Collaborate to Scale Vertical Farming
Siemens technology and capital is aiding 80 Acres Farms and its technology subsidiary Infinite Acres in expansion to meet global food supply challenges through automated vertical…
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- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
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Reality vs attention
80 Acres Farms draws attention at the 15th percentile but verifies reality at the 40th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap -24.9, 37th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 20, 2026