Company

AppHarvest

appharvest.com

AppHarvest is a US controlled environment agriculture company operating high-tech greenhouses.

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Founded: 2017
HQ: Morehead, KY
Status: active

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies AppHarvest: 1 model, $475.0M raised. 1 source back the record.

CategoryAgricultural robots

Funding

$475.0M

Models

Overview

AppHarvest is a US controlled environment agriculture company operating high-tech greenhouses. Deploying robotic harvesting systems, AI-powered crop monitoring, and automated irrigation. Based in Kentucky.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Morehead, KY

Focus

Controlled environment agriculture

Technology

Robotic automation

Products

Tomatoes and leafy greens

Stage

Public company listed on NASDAQ as APPH

Milestone

Restructured in 2023

Founded

2017

Data & sources

Web sources

1 source backing this record.View all →

Models (1)

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Current platform

AppHarvest Farm

AppHarvest controlled environment agriculture with robotic farming.

agricultureView model →

Partnerships

Every company AppHarvest has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

2 total1 operating1 just announced

Most-frequent partners

1Google1× joint117 total
2Microsoft1× joint351 total

Most recent

AppHarvest on the deployment map

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Relationships

MMicrosoftTechnology partner GGoogleTechnology partner

Current leadership (1)

Jonathan Webb Founder & CEOsecondary-verified

Founders (1)

Jonathan Webb

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Safety record

No incidents on record for AppHarvest.

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 →

Recent coverage

AppHarvest in third-party press

With judge’s approval, liquidation of AppHarvest’s assets marches forward - Lexington Herald Leader

Sep 15, 2023

AppHarvest files Chapter 11 protection, plans to sell its Kentucky-based indoor farming facilities - AgFunderNews

Jul 24, 2023

Fact Check | Questions about AppHarvest’s bankruptcy filing - WKYT

Jul 24, 2023

Peer companies

DJI7 models
Naio Technologies4 models
WORX Landroid4 models
Carbon Robotics3 models
Solinftec3 models
AgriPass2 models

Financial state

Total funding: $475.0M
Reporting basis: private_reported
Lifecycle stage: early
Counterparty risk class: moderate

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Partnerships

2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced

Every company AppHarvest has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

Most recent

Most-frequent partners

1Google1× joint117 total
2Microsoft1× joint351 total

All 2 partnerships

open in the atlas →

appharvest x microsoft
withMicrosoft351
technology—
operating
appharvest x google
withGoogle117
technology—
just announced

Funding rounds (1)

SPAC IPO2021-02-01
$475M

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Timeline

Every recorded move in AppHarvest’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.

Funding roundSPAC IPO funding round
2021-02-01
SPAC IPO raising $475000000

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (1)

https://www.appharvest.com/

Common questions

What is AppHarvest?

What does AppHarvest make?

AppHarvest has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: AppHarvest Farm (AppHarvest builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Is AppHarvest publicly traded?

Yes. AppHarvest is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with AppHarvest?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to AppHarvest building in the same form factors include DJI, Naio Technologies, WORX Landroid, Carbon Robotics.

Who is the CEO of AppHarvest?

Jonathan Webb is the ceo of AppHarvest, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in AppHarvest?

AppHarvest is publicly traded (public markets), so its shares can be bought through any broker.

Where is AppHarvest headquartered?

AppHarvest is headquartered in Morehead, KY.

How much funding has AppHarvest raised?

AppHarvest has raised approximately $475M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Who owns AppHarvest?

AppHarvest is publicly held by its shareholders.

Where does AppHarvest operate robots?

AppHarvest is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is AppHarvest a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, AppHarvest ranks in roughly the top 57% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was AppHarvest founded?

AppHarvest was founded in 2017.

Is AppHarvest safe?

AppHarvest has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-05

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

DJI7 models
Naio Technologies4 models
WORX Landroid4 models
Carbon Robotics3 models
Solinftec3 models
AgriPass2 models

AppHarvest

Overview

Key facts

Data & sources

Models (1)

AppHarvest Farm

Partnerships

AppHarvest on the deployment map

Relationships

Current leadership (1)

Founders (1)

Safety record

Recent coverage

Peer companies

Financial state

Partnerships

All 2 partnerships

Funding rounds (1)

Timeline

Recent activity

Sources (1)

Common questions

Peer companies

In the press

With judge’s approval, liquidation of AppHarvest’s assets marches forward - Lexington Herald Leader

AppHarvest files Chapter 11 protection, plans to sell its Kentucky-based indoor farming facilities - AgFunderNews

Fact Check | Questions about AppHarvest’s bankruptcy filing - WKYT

AppHarvest to reopen listeria-impacted CEA farm in "a few weeks" but could run out of cash "as soon as October" - AgFunderNews

AppHarvest to raise $40m via share offer for indoor-farming capital - Global Food Industry News

AppHarvest CEO: “Our high-tech indoor farms are giant robots” - Future Farming

Opening of 15-acre indoor salad greens farm featuring touchless growing system with autonomous harvesting - Hortidaily

AppHarvest’s 15-acre indoor farm features autonomous harvesting - Future Farming

How AppHarvest (APPH) Is Reinventing Farming to Feed the World Sustainably - FinSMEs

AppHarvest's harvest robot picks snack tomatoes in Dutch Greenco greenhouse - Hortidaily

Could the biggest greenhouse in the US be the future of farming? - CNN

AppHarvest’s AI-powered greenhouse is a vision of farming’s future - CNN

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