The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Sabanto: 1 model, 2 deployments across 1 region, $17.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Sabanto is an agricultural technology company based in Chicago, Illinois, that retrofits existing conventional tractors with autonomous navigation systems, enabling driverless Field operations for tilling, planting, and cultivation on existing farm equipment.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Technology
Partnership
CEO
Lead Investor
Investorssee investors →
Business Model
Product
Operations
Tractor Types
Total fundingsee investors →
Key product
Business model
Key investor
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Sabanto has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Verdant Robotics1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Sabanto x Verdant Robotics Integration2026-06-15with Verdant Roboticsoperating
Sabanto on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Sabanto's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Sabanto deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Craig Rupp CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Sabanto.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Sabanto2 deployments
Recent coverage
Sabanto in third-party press
Peers
88 peers across 1 segment. Every Sabanto competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
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57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIRdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Alsodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aseon Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $17.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Sabanto has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Sabanto x Verdant Robotics Integration2026-06-15with Verdant Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Verdant Robotics1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2026-07-08
$17M(reported) · $102M post
Investors: Fulcrum Global Capital (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Sabanto’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2026-07-08Series A raising $17000000
PartnershipSabanto x Verdant Robotics Integration
2026-06-15Sabanto and Verdant Robotics announced a technical integration combining autonomous tractor operation with SharpShooter plant-level precision application, enabling autonomous farming with plant-level accuracy.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 2, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Sabanto Autonomous Kit at Iowa
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Sabanto Autonomous Kit at Illinois
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Sabanto.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sabanto from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Leaps By Bayer backs Sabanto to bring ‘practical autonomy to more farms’
Retrofitting existing tractors lowers the cost of adopting autonomy for cash- and labor-strapped farmers, says Sabanto. The post Leaps By Bayer backs Sabanto to bring ‘practical…
Sabanto Expands Autonomous Tractor Technology to Australia
Sabanto announces expansion into the Australian agriculture market through exclusive partnerships with OneAg and Vantage NSW, bringing retrofit autonomy systems to Australian…
Sabanto Raises 7M Series A To Drive Autonomy Into Agriculture
Sabanto closes oversubscribed 7M Series A led by Fulcrum Global Capital with participation from DCVC Bio, Hico Capital, Yara Growth Ventures, Cavallo Ventures, Johnsonville…
Autonomous Swarm Farming Company Sabanto Raises 7M Series A Funding
Precision Farming Dealer covers Sabanto's 7M Series A and its approach to autonomous swarming farm equipment using smaller, cheaper tractors.
Trimble Ventures Invests in Sabanto, an Autonomous Farming-as-a-Service Company
Trimble Ventures announces its investment in Sabanto, supporting the company's Farming-as-a-Service model and autonomous tractor retrofit technology for agriculture.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sabanto.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sabanto/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ab19012d-a3a0-4930-807a-c0165e55d02f
- Revision history: /companies/sabanto/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
Video
In this episode, Joe is joined by Cory Spaetti, Chief Operating Officer of Sabanto -an innovative agricultural autonomy company pioneering automation kits for tractors. We dive into the future of robotic automation and
Sometimes it's unreasonable to plant enough end rows to turn on the headlands going forward. I did about 300 acres of this last field by reversing into place.
Craig Rupp, founder & CEO of Sabanto, discusses how his company retrofits existing tractors with autonomous technology to address labor shortages and reduce cap
The Autonomous Driving System by Sabanto is a cutting-edge technology integrated with the Fendt 720 Tractor, revolutionizing modern agriculture. This advanced s
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Sabanto draws attention at the 69th percentile but verifies reality at the 40th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +28.6, 10th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. 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: Oct 3, 2026