# Blue River Technology: company

Canonical ID: `65819dc8-80ca-4279-99e8-dac94a3473a6`

## Key facts

- **Focus:** Precision agriculture robotics
- **Robot:** See & Spray computer-vision weed control system
- **Stage:** Acquired by John Deere for $305M in 2017
- **Country:** US
- **Parent company:** John Deere (acquired 2017 for $305M)
- **Product:** See & Spray agricultural weed control robot
- **Capability:** Machine learning-based weed identification and targeted spraying

- **Slug:** blue-river-technology
- **Status:** acquired by John Deere (2017)
- **Founded:** 2011
- **HQ:** Sunnyvale, CA, USA

## Models

- [See & Spray](/models/blue-river-technology-see-spray.md) (agriculture) (id: `aa477b8d-94b5-4900-87eb-45c96ab868d9`)

## Acquisitions (1)

- [acquired by John Deere](/acquisitions/john-deere-acquires-blue-river-2017.md) _full acquisition_ (2017-09-06)

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## Sources (1)

1. https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/john-deere-acquires-silicon-valley-robotics-firm-for-250m/

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