The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies CLAAS: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
CLAAS is a German agricultural machinery manufacturer developing autonomous combine harvesters and precision farming robots. The company's CONVIO system enables autonomous forage harvesting.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Products
Ownership
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company CLAAS has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1109 total
Most recent
CLAAS on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Jan-Hendrik Mohr CEO CLAAS Groupsecondary-verified
- Dr. Martin von Hoyningen-Huene EVP Business Unit Tractors & Implements / Service Unit Engineeringsecondary-verified
- Henner Böttcher Chief Financial Officersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- August Claassolefounded 1913-01-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- August Claas Founder (1913)secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for CLAAS.
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
CLAAS in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company CLAAS has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1109 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in CLAAS’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Rolls-Royce Power Systems
2026-08-23Supply: MTU engines for Claas Lexion combines from Rolls-Royce Power Systems
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for CLAAS.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning CLAAS from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Agritechnica 2023: Claas debuts prototype autonomous Xerion - Irish Farmers Journal
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Updated Claas Xerion 12 capable of semi-autonomous driving - Farmers Weekly
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Claas Xerion 12 series receives new updates for comfort, maintenance and autonomy - Future Farming
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Claas sets out high-horsepower ambitions with the new Axion 9 range - Farmers Guardian
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Claas invests in AI-based field analysis - Future Farming
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AGRITECHNICA VIDEO: New Holland launches R4 cabless autonomous robot - Industrial Vehicle Technology International
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AGRITECHNICA VIDEO: Claas launches new Axion 9 - Industrial Vehicle Technology International
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Claas to showcase first autonomous wheel loader for agriculture at Agritechnica - Industrial Vehicle Technology International
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AgBot T2 5 SERIES in rice fields
Impressive performance of our AgXeed AgBot T2 5 SERIES in Southern France, Camargue. Our AgBot worked an Alpego FZ 4m power tiller in a wet rice field. In this operation, the…
The GoPal AMR Solution at CLAAS (video) - A3 Association for Advancing Automation
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CLAAS sets path for autonomous tractors - RealAgriculture
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AGRITECHNICA VIDEO: How does the Claas autonomous tractor work? - Industrial Vehicle Technology International
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/claas.md
- RSS feed: /companies/claas/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ea60b38f-79d1-4687-ab55-f77ec75126bc
- Revision history: /companies/claas/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Kit in use; 2025 Claas Lexion 8800 Terra Trac combine harvester with 1230 Convio header. New Holland T7.210 tractor with Richard Western SF16 HS Plus trailer L
Kit in use; Claas Lexion 8600TT combine harvester with Vario 1050 header John Deere JD 6R 185 tractor Richard Western SF16 HS Plus grain trailer Location; Peas
Heat Index
Serious52/100
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
CLAAS draws attention at the 79th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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