Company
US electric-tractor company (Livermore CA) behind the MK-V driver-optional smart tractor; collapsed 2025, assets/IP acquired by Caterpillar ~Apr 2026.
Based in Livermore, California, USA · Founded 2018 · 1 model on record
Machine-readable surfaces
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- REST API: /v1/companies/dd089d64-e9c3-419d-8c43-896bfb6be47c
- Data documentation: /data
Key facts
- Product
- MK-V battery-electric driver-optional tractor; first commercial customer Constellation Brands (Dec 2022).
- Wind-down
- Collapsed 2025; Caterpillar acquired assets/IP ~Apr 2026 (NOT a going-concern acquisition).
- HQ
- Livermore, California, USA
- Founded
- 2018
- Status
- defunct; assets/IP acquired by Caterpillar (Apr 2026)
- Type
- both
- ID
dd089d64-e9c3-419d-8c43-896bfb6be47c
Models (1)
- MK-Vagriculture
Supplies to
No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company’s outbound edges.
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Sources (5)
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/monarch-tractors-collapse-ends-in-with-an-acquisition-by-caterpillar/
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/19/monarch-tractor-preps-for-layoffs-and-warns-employees-it-may-shut-down/
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/monarch-tractors-wont-be-built-by-foxconn-after-ohio-factory-sale/
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221201005455/en/
- https://agfundernews.com/brief-monarch-tractor-bags-record-133m-eyes-global-expansion-for-its-all-electric-autonomous-machines
Common questions
- What is Monarch Tractor?
- US electric-tractor company (Livermore CA) behind the MK-V driver-optional smart tractor; collapsed 2025, assets/IP acquired by Caterpillar ~Apr 2026.
- Where is Monarch Tractor based?
- Monarch Tractor is based in Livermore, California, USA.
- When was Monarch Tractor founded?
- Monarch Tractor was founded in 2018.
- What does Monarch Tractor make?
- Monarch Tractor has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: MK-V (Monarch Tractor builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does Monarch Tractor operate robots?
- Monarch Tractor 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.