CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Agricultural robotics company developing AI-powered weeding robots for vegetable farming. Uses computer vision and mechanical cultivation to remove weeds without herbicides.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founded
Founders
Product
Strategic
Differentiation
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →FarmWise on the deployment map
Where FarmWise's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Sebastien Boyer ceosince 2016-01-01secondary-verified
- Thomas Palomares ctosince 2016-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for FarmWise.
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 →
Operated deployments (1)
- FarmWise TitanSalinas
Operator customers (1)
- FarmWise1 deployment
Recent coverage
FarmWise in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG Robotics2 models
Supplied by (1)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia FarmWise TitanNVIDIA Jetson Orin -- onboard AI compute for computer-vision weed detection and precision actuationsupplies
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
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- 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 (2)
- Series B2021-01-01
$45M(reported)
Investors: Fall Line Capital (co_lead), Middleland Capital (co_lead), Taylor Farms, GV (Google Ventures)
- Series A2019-01-01
$15M(reported)
Investors: Calibrate Ventures (lead), Wilbur-Ellis Company, Xplorer Capital, Alumni Ventures Group
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedJun 11, 2026
FarmWise Titan autonomous weeding demo
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Automated Weeding with FarmWise Titans
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2020
FarmWise Titan at Salinas
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is FarmWise?
- Agricultural robotics company developing AI-powered weeding robots for vegetable farming. Uses computer vision and mechanical cultivation to remove weeds without herbicides.
- What does FarmWise make?
- FarmWise has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: FarmWise Titan (FarmWise builds physical robots).
- Who competes with FarmWise?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to FarmWise building in the same form factors include DJI, Naio Technologies, WORX Landroid, Carbon Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of FarmWise?
- Sebastien Boyer is the ceo of FarmWise, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does FarmWise operate robots?
- FarmWise operates 1 verified deployment, including at Salinas.
- Is FarmWise a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, FarmWise ranks in roughly the top 29% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was FarmWise founded?
- FarmWise was founded in 2016.
- Is FarmWise safe?
- FarmWise 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 · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for FarmWise.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning FarmWise from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Taylor Farms acquires FarmWise - Future Farming
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Taylor Farms Announces Acquisition of FarmWise®'s Business - PR Newswire
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Taylor Farms buys FarmWise to keep ag robotics alive - Farm Progress
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Taylor Farms acquires ag robotics company FarmWise - The Packer
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Salad giant Taylor Farms acquires beleaguered AI-powered weeding startup FarmWise - AgFunderNews
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FarmWise closure signals ag tech industry shifts - Farm Progress
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FarmWise AI-powered weeding tech 'commercially ready' despite company restructuring and wind down - AgFunderNews
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FarmWise to wind down operations, seeks strategic alternatives - Future Farming
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AI-powered FarmWise prepares for next chapter in ag robotics - The Packer
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FarmWise and RDO Equipment partner to automate weeding for specialty crops - The Robot Report
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FarmWise's "Titan" Leverages Machine Learning to Automate Weeding - Organic Produce Network
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Titanic robots make farming more sustainable - MIT News
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/farmwise.md
- RSS feed: /companies/farmwise/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/23a3f3af-b9a5-4966-9760-d6000a382001
- Revision history: /companies/farmwise/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG Robotics2 models
Video
FarmWise's leading AI technology is transforming traditional farming practices to drive greater output and productivity for growers. With advanced data analytic
This video was filmed in a Salinas CA, field of an actual FarmWise Titan autonomous cultivator as it uses vision cameras and artificial intelligence to identify
Taylor Farms, one of the largest vegetable growers in North America, is transforming its weeding operations with FarmWise’s Vulcan—a 3-in-1 machine that weeds,
Audioburst Video Aired On: Your Weekly Tech Update, 05-03-2019
The Autonomous Weeder Vulcan by FarmWise, based in California, is a cutting-edge agricultural innovation. This robotic weeder uses AI and computer vision to pre
The FarmWise weeding robot, made in the USA, is a cutting-edge agricultural technology designed to revolutionize the farming industry. With advanced AI and comp
🎊 Introducing a new Vulcan model! 🎊 Now available for 34-inch bed widths, this non-folding Vulcan precision weeding and cultivation implement is designed to
This is FarmWise and they've built a system that mechanically removes individual weeds with sub-inch precision and without the use of harmful chemicals. #short
Reality vs attention
FarmWise draws attention at the 93rd percentile but verifies reality at the 30th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +63, 1st widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. 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: Jul 23, 2026