The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Advanced Farm Technologies: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $32.5M raised. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
US agricultural-robotics company (advanced.farm); developer of the TX robotic strawberry harvester, an autonomous ground vehicle with image sensors and AI, plus robotic apple harvesting. Backed by Kubota and Yamaha motor and later acquired by Kubota.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Robot
Focus
Stage
Total fundingsee investors →
Deployment
Customer commitments
Autonomous fruit harvesting platform
Robotic vision and field navigation
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Advanced Farm Technologies on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2020. Explore where Advanced Farm Technologies's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Advanced Farm Technologies deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Kyle Cobb Co-founder, Co-Founder, President & CFOreported, not verified
- Marc Grossman Co-Foundersince 2018-01-01secondary-verified
- Cedric Jeanty Co-Foundersince 2018-01-01secondary-verified
- Carl Allendorph Co-Foundersince 2018-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (4)
- Kyle Cobbcofounderfounded 2018-01-01
- Marc Grossmancofounderfounded 2018-01-01
- Cedric Jeantycofounderfounded 2018-01-01
- Carl Allendorphcofounderfounded 2018-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Advanced Farm Technologies.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Advanced Farm Technologies1 deployment
Recent coverage
Advanced Farm Technologies in third-party press
Davis-based fruit harvesting robot maker folds after failing to secure additional investment - The Business Journals
CNH acquires intellectual property and assets of Advanced Farm - The Robot Report
CNH expands high-tech harvesting stake with investment in Advanced Farm Technologies - The Robot Report
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $32.5M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (2)
Advanced Farm Technologies’s 2 disclosed rounds, $33M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2021-09-21
$25M(reported) · $200M post
Investors: Yamaha Motor Ventures, CNH Industrial, Catapult Ventures
- Series A2020-01-01
$8M(reported) · $45M post
Investors: Yamaha Motor Ventures
Timeline
Every recorded move in Advanced Farm Technologies’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Yamaha Motor
2026-08-23Supply: Investment partnership for agricultural robots from Yamaha Motor
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2021-09-21Series B raising $25000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2020-01-01Series A raising $7500000
Key hireMarc Grossman joins as Co-Founder
2018-01-01Marc Grossman appointed Co-Founder (current)
Key hireCedric Jeanty joins as Co-Founder
2018-01-01Cedric Jeanty appointed Co-Founder (current)
Key hireCarl Allendorph joins as Co-Founder
2018-01-01Carl Allendorph appointed Co-Founder (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2020
TX Strawberry Harvester at Oxnard, California, USA
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Advanced Farm Technologies.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Advanced Farm Technologies from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Davis-based fruit harvesting robot maker folds after failing to secure additional investment - The Business Journals
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CNH acquires intellectual property and assets of Advanced Farm - The Robot Report
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CNH expands high-tech harvesting stake with investment in Advanced Farm Technologies - The Robot Report
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Rise of the machines: What will drive adoption of robotics and automation in specialty crops? - AgFunderNews
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Fruit-picking robot company Advanced Farm Technologies expands local manufacturing - The Business Journals
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Sacramento Region Innovation Awards: Advanced Farm Technologies
Advanced Farm Technologies co-founder Kyle Cobb and the company's 16 deployed strawberry-picking robots recognized at Sacramento Region Innovation Awards.
Race to robotic apple harvest in ‘pivotal year’ - Capital Press
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Advanced Farm Technologies closes $25m Series B round for its robotic harvesting system - AgFunderNews
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Advanced Farm Technologies raises $25M for fruit picking robots - The Robot Report
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Strawberry picking robot maker Advanced Farm Technologies raises $7.5M - The Robot Report
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Yamaha leads $7.5m Series A in strawberry harvesting robot - AgFunderNews
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/advanced-farm-technologies.md
- RSS feed: /companies/advanced-farm-technologies/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/cb91e45b-9797-488a-bdf6-54853427e19d
- Revision history: /companies/advanced-farm-technologies/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Advanced Farm Technologies draws attention at the 52nd percentile but verifies reality at the 3rd percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +48.7, 6th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category 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: Oct 2, 2026