The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Arable: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $64.3M raised. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Arable is a precision agriculture company that develops the Arable Mark series of in-Field crop monitoring devices, combining weather, soil, plant health, and irrigation sensing with machine-learning analytics. Founded in 2014 by Adam Wolf, the San Francisco-based company serves growers and food companies in over 40 countries including Bayer, Netafim, and Treasury Wine Estates.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
HQ
Founder & Chief Scientist
Total Fundingsee investors →
Customers
Deployment Countries
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Arable has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Braga Fresh Partners1× joint2 total
- 2Netafim1× joint
Most recent
- Arable x Netafim2019-09-17with Netafimoperating
Arable on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Arable's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Arable deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Adam Wolf Founder & Chief Scientistsecondary-verified
- Jim Ethington CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Adam Wolfcofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Arable.
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)
- Arable2 deployments
Recent coverage
Arable in third-party press
Peers
99 peers across 1 segment. Every Arable competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $64.3M
- 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.
Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Arable has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Arable x Netafim2019-09-17with Netafimoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Braga Fresh Partners1× joint2 total
- 2Netafim1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- Arable x NetafimwithNetafimtechnology2019-09-17operating
Funding rounds (3)
Arable’s 3 disclosed rounds, $64M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series C2022-07-25
$40M(undisclosed) · $400M post
- Series B2020-10-29
$20M(undisclosed) · $160M post
- Series A2017-03-27
$4M(undisclosed) · $26M post
Timeline
Every recorded move in Arable’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2022-07-25Series C raising $40000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2020-10-29Series B raising $20000000
PartnershipArable x Netafim
2019-09-17Netafim integrated Arable Labs' sensing and analysis technology into its NetBeat digital irrigation management platform after a successful two-year trial spanning four crops over three continents.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2017-03-27Series A raising $4250000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Arable Mark at Germany, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Arable Mark at United States (multiple hotel chains)
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
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- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/arable.md
- RSS feed: /companies/arable/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/cb42f1ec-cafb-4a15-b5dd-31fac90f1038
- Revision history: /companies/arable/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
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Heat Index
Category contender79/100
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
Arable draws attention at the 98th percentile but verifies reality at the 35th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +63, 19th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. 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: Sep 20, 2026