The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Burro: 1 model, 4 deployments across 4 regions, $44.7M raised. 4 sources back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Burro (formerly Augean Robotics) is an American agricultural robotics company based in Philadelphia, developing autonomous crop monitoring and hauling robots. Founded by Charlie Andersen, the company raised $24M in Series B led by Catalyst and $10.9M in Series A for Collaborative farm robot platforms.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Product
Original company name
Primary use cases
Robot type
Formerly known
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Burro on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 4 regions, newest verified Jan 2026. Explore where Burro's robots are operating, by place and type.
- scaledBurro at Global (multiple sites) →International · verified Jan 2026
- operationalBurro at Northern Ohio, USA (Petitti Family Farms expansion) →Ohio · verified Jan 2026
- operationalBurro at Ridge Manor, Florida, USA →Southeast · verified Jan 2025
- operationalBurro at Delano →California · verified Jun 2024
View the full Burro deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Charlie Andersen Co-founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Charlie Andersencofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Burro.
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)
- Burro4 deployments
Recent coverage
Burro in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI9 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Tevel Aerobotics3 models
- Antobot2 models
- FarmRobo Technologies2 models
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Burro.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (1)
People (2)
Supplied by (1)
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Total funding
- $44.7M
- Employees
- 100
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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 (1)
- Series B2024-01-01
$24M(reported) · $192M post
Investors: Catalyst (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Burro’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2024-01-01Series B raising $24000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Burro autonomous cart at a vineyard
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2026
Burro at Global (multiple sites)
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2026
Burro at Northern Ohio, USA (Petitti Family Farms expansion)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2025
Burro at Ridge Manor, Florida, USA
Sources (4)
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/burro-closes-24-million-series-b-co-led-by-catalyst-investors-and-translink-capital-302029256.html
- https://agfundernews.com/with-a-fresh-24m-burro-grows-from-people-to-pallet-scale-with-autonomous-harvest-assist-robots
- https://www.therobotreport.com/burro-raises-10-9m-series-a-to-accelerate-agriculture-robotics/
- https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/10/08/burro-expands-autonomous-robot-fleet-at-petitti-family-farms/95253/
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Burro.Peer companies
- DJI9 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Tevel Aerobotics3 models
- Antobot2 models
- FarmRobo Technologies2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Burro from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/burro.md
- RSS feed: /companies/burro/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c7f05308-16a7-4d8d-94c4-edab66225f82
- Revision history: /companies/burro/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI9 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Tevel Aerobotics3 models
- Antobot2 models
- FarmRobo Technologies2 models
Video
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
Burro draws attention at the 91st percentile but verifies reality at the 78th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +13, 17th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 34 months ago.
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 18, 2026