Overview
Waterloo, Ontario-based ag-tech startup building autonomous solar-powered robots that deliver fertilizer and nutrients to crops. Founded in 2025, raised $7.5M seed. Robots reduce fertilizer use by up to 70% by applying right-sized amounts only when needed.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Seed
Total Fundingsee investors →
Deployed
Fertilizer Reduction
Total fundingsee investors →
Technology
Impact
Crop focus
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Current leadership (2)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Upside Robotics.
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 →
Recent coverage
Upside Robotics in third-party press
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2026-02-01
$8M
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 22, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Upside Robotics?
- Waterloo, Ontario-based ag-tech startup building autonomous solar-powered robots that deliver fertilizer and nutrients to crops. Founded in 2025, raised $7.5M seed. Robots reduce fertilizer use by up to 70% by applying right-sized amounts only when needed.
- What does Upside Robotics make?
- Upside Robotics has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Upside Robotics builds physical robots.
- Who is the CEO of Upside Robotics?
- Jana Tian is the ceo of Upside Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Upside Robotics headquartered?
- Upside Robotics is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- Is Upside Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Upside Robotics ranks in roughly the top 8% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is Upside Robotics safe?
- Upside Robotics 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 · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Upside Robotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Upside Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/upside-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/upside-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fd30060b-0e75-4881-acbb-db12eb5b0c00
- Revision history: /companies/upside-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Upside Robotics against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Jul 25, 2026