The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Orchard Robotics: 1 model, $25.0M raised.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Orchard Robotics is a San Francisco-based precision agriculture company building an AI-powered farming platform that attaches camera systems to existing tractors and farm vehicles to collect ultra-high-resolution crop data. Founded by Thiel fellow Charlie Wu in 2022, the company's Orchard Vision System captures up to 100 images per second as farmers drive through fields, using computer vision to analyze fruit count, size, color, and health on every tree.
The data feeds into Orchard OS, a cloud-based software platform that helps fruit growers make data-driven decisions about fertilization, pruning, thinning, and harvesting across apple, grape, blueberry, cherry, almond, pistachio, citrus, and strawberry crops.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Orchard Robotics on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Charlie Wu Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Orchard Robotics.
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Recent coverage
Orchard Robotics in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Funding rounds (2)
Orchard Robotics’s 2 disclosed rounds, $26M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series A2025-09-01
$22M(reported)
Investors: Quiet Capital (lead), Shine Capital (lead), General Catalyst (follow), Contrary (follow)
- Seed2024-03-27
$4M
Investors: General Catalyst (lead), Contrary (follow), Humba Ventures (follow), Soma Capital (follow), Correlation Ventures (follow)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2024
Orchard Vision System at Dyson Farming, United Kingdom
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2023
Orchard Vision System at United States Apple Farms
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2023
Orchard Vision System at United States Grape Farms
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Verification posture
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Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-08
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Methodology surface for Orchard Robotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Orchard Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Orchard Robotics, an agtech startup using AI to solve farming data problem, raises 22M
Orchard Robotics raised 22M in a Series A led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, Contrary, Mythos, Valyrian, Ravelin, and angel…
Orchard Robotics, founded by a Thiel fellow Cornell dropout, raises 22M for farm vision AI
Orchard Robotics raised a 22M Series A led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital for its tractor-mounted AI camera system that analyzes fruit health.
The AI farming company Orchard Robotics bags 22m to expand precision ag platform
Orchard Robotics secured 22M in an oversubscribed Series A to double its team and open a San Francisco office, with participation from General Catalyst and Contrary.
Orchard Robotics Raises 3.8M in Funding
Orchard Robotics raised 3.8M in seed and pre-seed funding led by General Catalyst, with participation from Contrary, Humba Ventures, Soma Capital, and angel investors including…
Orchard vision system turns farm equipment into AI-powered data collectors
Orchard Robotics announced a 3.2M seed round led by General Catalyst for its vehicle-mounted AI camera system that gathers precision crop data for fruit farmers.
Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/orchard-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7b97d12f-e4a9-41ef-b13c-68b2836a4223
- Revision history: /companies/orchard-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Video
To learn more about how to get Orchard Robotics technology at your farm, contact hello@orchard-robotics.com or visit orchard-robotics.com!
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Presentation of progress by Orchard Robotics Charles Wu https://www.orchard-robotics.com/ Developers Conference for Precision Crop Load Management of Apples Ho
New technologies being developed by agricultural engineer Dr. Dana Choi use tiny cameras to identify fruit on trees. This information can help growers estimate
Charlie Wu, the founder of Orchard Robotics, didn’t exactly plan to reinvent farming. But while studying computer science at Cornell (home to some of the world’
Reality vs attention
Orchard Robotics draws attention at the 35th percentile but verifies reality at the 62nd percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap -26.7, 18th widest among ag robots.
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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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.
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Last computed: Aug 9, 2026