Company

Guardian Agriculture

Guardian Agriculture is a company developing autonomous agricultural drones including the SC1, an eVTOL crop protection drone for precision spraying.

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Founded: 2017
HQ: Boston, MA, USA
Status: active

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Guardian Agriculture: 1 model, $51.7M raised. 3 sources back the record.

CategoryDrones

Appears inAgricultural drones

Funding

$51.7M

Models

Employees

Overview

Guardian Agriculture is a company developing autonomous agricultural drones including the SC1, an eVTOL crop protection drone for precision spraying. The company is the first and only eVTOL-maker with FAA approval to operate commercially, and raised $20M in Series A funding led by Fall Line Capital.

Verified record

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

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED

$120M (reported, approximate)as of Jun 2023

Priced roundSeries A post-money

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Key facts

Robot

Autonomous eVTOL aircraft called SC1 for crop spraying and aerial application

Focus

Commercial crop spraying and aerial application

Technology

Autonomy software for eVTOL aircraft

Industry

Agtech

Operations

Designs and operates autonomous eVTOL aircraft

CEO

Adam Burris

Product

SC1 — autonomous electric crop-spraying drone (200lb payload, 40 acres/hour)

Fundingsee investors →

$20M Series A (Fall Line Capital)

Regulatory

First eVTOL-maker with FAA commercial operation approval

FAA approval

First-of-its-kind autonomous sprayer approved by FAA for agricultural use

Coverage

40 acres per hour, 15-foot aircraft width, four six-foot propellers

Financial stage

Commercial — FAA-approved, deploying to farms

SC1 crop-protection aircraft (primary Guardian)

Guardian Agriculture describes the SC1 as an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft built for commercial crop protection (Guardian Agriculture).

FAA authorization milestone (primary Guardian release)

Guardian Agriculture announced that its aircraft received authorization to operate in the United States, documenting the regulatory milestone for its crop-protection aircraft (Guardian Agriculture FAA authorization).

Data & sources

Web sources

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Models (1)

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Current platform

SC1

Guardian Agriculture SC1 is an autonomous eVTOL aircraft designed for commercial precision agriculture, specifically unmanned aerial application of crop protection and nutrition products. Developed by the US agtech company Guardian Agriculture, the SC1 uses multi-rotor electric propulsion and proprietary autonomy software to conduct spray operations across large fields without a human pilot. The aircraft targets high-acre production agriculture markets where manned aircraft or ground equipment face logistical constraints.

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Guardian Agriculture on the deployment map

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Relationships

FFall Line CapitalInvestor

Current leadership (1)

Adam Burris Founder & CEOreported, not verified

Founders (1)

Adam Burriscofounder

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Guardian Agriculture.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

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Recent coverage

Guardian Agriculture in third-party press

Guardian Ag's crop-spraying drone is replacing dangerous pilot missions

Jun 5, 2025

FAA approves first-of-its-kind autonomous sprayer for ag use

Jan 1, 2025

Guardian Agriculture nets 0m in Series A to expand drone tech

Jun 20, 2023

Peers

187 peers across 2 segments. Every Guardian Agriculture competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.

drone(99)

57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%

av(88)

57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%

Financial state

Total funding: $51.7M
Employees: 33
Reporting basis: private_reported
Lifecycle stage: early
Counterparty risk class: moderate

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Funding rounds (1)

Series A2023-06-20
$20M(reported) · $120M post
Investors: Fall Line Capital (lead)

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Timeline

Every recorded move in Guardian Agriculture’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.

Funding roundSeries A funding round
2023-06-20
Series A raising $20000000

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (3)

Common questions

What is Guardian Agriculture?

What does Guardian Agriculture make?

Guardian Agriculture has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: SC1 (Guardian Agriculture builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Who competes with Guardian Agriculture?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Guardian Agriculture building in the same form factors include Amazon, Anduril Industries, DJI, Skydio.

Who is the CEO of Guardian Agriculture?

Adam Burris is the ceo of Guardian Agriculture, per the DEPLOY registry.

Where is Guardian Agriculture headquartered?

Guardian Agriculture is headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.

How much funding has Guardian Agriculture raised?

Guardian Agriculture has raised approximately $52M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Where does Guardian Agriculture operate robots?

Guardian Agriculture 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 Guardian Agriculture a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Guardian Agriculture ranks in roughly the top 76% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Guardian Agriculture founded?

Guardian Agriculture was founded in 2017.

Is Guardian Agriculture safe?

Guardian Agriculture 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 · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-09-29

Sources by quality tier

3: unclassified; Unclassified source

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

Peer companies

Amazon25 models
Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Skydio6 models
SIYI Technology5 models
Autel Robotics4 models

Guardian Agriculture

Overview

Key facts

Data & sources

Models (1)

SC1

Guardian Agriculture on the deployment map

Relationships

Current leadership (1)

Founders (1)

Safety record

Recent coverage

Peers

drone(99)

av(88)

Financial state

Funding rounds (1)

Timeline

Recent activity

Sources (3)

Common questions

Peer companies

In the press

Guardian Ag's crop-spraying drone is replacing dangerous pilot missions

FAA approves first-of-its-kind autonomous sprayer for ag use

Guardian Agriculture nets 0m in Series A to expand drone tech

Machine-readable surfaces

Peer companies

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