Company

Four Growers

Four Growers is a Pittsburgh-based agricultural robotics company developing AI-powered crop harvesting robots for greenhouses.

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HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Status: active

The verified answer

As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Four Growers: 1 model, $9.0M raised. 1 source back the record.

CategoryAgricultural robots

Funding

$9.0M

Models

Overview

Four Growers is a Pittsburgh-based agricultural robotics company developing AI-powered crop harvesting robots for greenhouses. Founded by Brandon Contino and Dan Chi, the company raised $15M total including $9M Series A led by Basset Capital, with participation from Y Combinator.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Robot

GR-100 greenhouse harvesting robot for multi-crop picking, notably tomatoes

Scale

Can pick tens of thousands of tomatoes in a single day

Focus

Agricultural robotics with crop-analytics data

Stage

Private company

CEO

Brandon Contino

Product

AI-powered greenhouse crop harvesting robot

Fundingsee investors →

15M total (9M Series A from Basset Capital, YC)

Data & sources

Web sources

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Models (1)

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Current platform

GR-100

Four Growers' GR-100 is a greenhouse harvesting robot for multi-crop picking, notably tomatoes, capable of picking tens of thousands of tomatoes in a single day while also collecting crop-analytics data.

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Four Growers on the deployment map

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Relationships

BBasset CapitalInvestor YY CombinatorInvestor OOspraie Ag ScienceInvestor

Current leadership (1)

Brandon Contino Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified

Founders (1)

Brandon Continocofounder

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Four Growers.

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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →

Recent coverage

Four Growers in third-party press

Robots that feed the world: scale-up Four Growers lands in Zuid-Holland - InnovationQuarter

Dec 1, 2025

First fleet of tomato-harvesting robots operating in Dutch greenhouse - Hortidaily

Nov 13, 2025

Advanced robotics in CEA - Produce Grower -

Jun 12, 2025

Peer companies

DJI7 models
Naio Technologies4 models
WORX Landroid4 models
Carbon Robotics3 models
Solinftec3 models
GreenField Robotics2 models

Financial state

Reporting basis: private_reported
Lifecycle stage: early
Counterparty risk class: moderate

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Funding rounds (1)

Series A2024-11-20
$9M(reported)
Investors: Basset Capital, Y Combinator, Ospraie Ag Science

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Recent activity

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Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (1)

https://www.fourgrowers.com/

Common questions

What is Four Growers?

What does Four Growers make?

Four Growers has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: GR-100 (Four Growers builds physical robots).

Is Four Growers publicly traded?

No. Four Growers is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Four Growers?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Four Growers building in the same form factors include DJI, Naio Technologies, WORX Landroid, Carbon Robotics.

Who is the CEO of Four Growers?

Brandon Contino is the ceo of Four Growers, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Four Growers?

Four Growers is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $9M in disclosed funding.

Where is Four Growers headquartered?

Four Growers is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

How much funding has Four Growers raised?

Four Growers has raised approximately $9M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Who owns Four Growers?

Four Growers is privately held and venture-backed ($9M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Where does Four Growers operate robots?

Four Growers is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is Four Growers a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Four Growers ranks in roughly the top 75% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Four Growers safe?

Four Growers 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 · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-05

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

DJI7 models
Naio Technologies4 models
WORX Landroid4 models
Carbon Robotics3 models
Solinftec3 models
GreenField Robotics2 models

Four Growers

Overview

Key facts

Data & sources

Models (1)

GR-100

Four Growers on the deployment map

Relationships

Current leadership (1)

Founders (1)

Safety record

Recent coverage

Peer companies

Financial state

Funding rounds (1)

Recent activity

Sources (1)

Common questions

Peer companies

In the press

Robots that feed the world: scale-up Four Growers lands in Zuid-Holland - InnovationQuarter

First fleet of tomato-harvesting robots operating in Dutch greenhouse - Hortidaily

Advanced robotics in CEA - Produce Grower -

Four Growers Secures $9M in Series A Round for AI-Powered Crop Harvesting Robots - Global AgInvesting

Four Growers secures $9M to scale production of harvesting robot - The Packer

YC-backed Four Growers builds robots to help solve greenhouse labor shortages - TechCrunch

inaho tomato harvesting robot undergoes trials at Dutch growers - The Robot Report

Faster-than-humans harvesting robot now also picks cucumber - Hortidaily

5 Q’s for Brandon Contino, Co-founder and CEO of Four Growers - Center for Data Innovation

Pittsburgh agtech firm Four Growers is branching out - Technical.ly

Meet the founder: Four Growers on what it takes to build ag robots that harvest faster than humans - AgFunderNews

The future is now for Syngenta - Fruitnet

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