The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Verdant Robotics: 1 model, $46.5M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Verdant Robotics is an agriculture robotics company that developed the SharpShooter, a precision application system that uses AI and lasers to identify and eliminate weeds without herbicides. Founded by Gabe Sibley (CEO) and Curtis Garner, the company raised $48.5M in total funding including a $46.5M Series A led by Cleveland Avenue. Verdant operates a Robots-as-a-Service model and has expanded from specialty crops into grass seed and sod production.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Robot
Technology
Scale
Focus
CEO
Co-founder
Total fundingsee investors →
Series A
Business model
Aim and Apply operation
Commercial SharpShooter launch
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Every company Verdant Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Sabanto1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Sabanto x Verdant Robotics Integration2026-06-15with Sabantooperating
Verdant Robotics on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Gabe Sibley Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Curtis Garner Co-Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Gabe Sibleycofounder
- Curtis Garnercofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Verdant 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
Verdant Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $46.5M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Verdant Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Sabanto x Verdant Robotics Integration2026-06-15with Sabantooperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Sabanto1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2022-11-01
$47M(reported) · $279M post
Investors: Cleveland Avenue (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Verdant Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
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.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2022-11-01Series A raising $46500000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 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
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Verdant Robotics.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Verdant Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Sabanto and Verdant Robotics integrate autonomous tractor with plant-level precision
Sabanto and Verdant Robotics announced technical integration of autonomous tractor operation with SharpShooter plant-level precision spraying.
Verdant Robotics Raises $46.5 Million to Reduce Ag Chemicals, Improve Farm Profits
Verdant Robotics closed a $46.5M Series A funding round led by Cleveland Avenue to scale its SharpShooter precision application system that uses AI and lasers to eliminate weeds…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/verdant-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/verdant-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7bd652f8-af74-49f4-80c6-27d989b8b48f
- Revision history: /companies/verdant-robotics/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 video, Verdant Robotics' Gabe Sibley, David Grant, and Chad Yagow of Verdant Robotics break down what true in-field precision looks like. From early-stage weeds nestled next to crops to large, late-season intrud
Discover how Verdant Robotics’ SharpShooter is helping specialty crop growers stay ahead of the season. Designed for nonstop performance, the SharpShooter deliv
The SharpShooter isn’t just a weeder. It’s a fully adaptable precision application system that works across crops, conditions, and systems—all in one machine.
Meet the SharpShooter™—the only precision application system that aims before it applies. Weed, thin, and apply beneficials with millimeter-level accuracy acros
A new SharpShooter is up and running at J&B Farms, treating organic onions with the precision they deserve. 🎯🧅 With millimeter-level targeting, we’re helping
Verdant Robotics showed off its new Sharpshooter at the FIRA Conference a few weeks ago. Dubbed the only robotic precision application system that aims before i
The Sharpshooter Smart Sprayer, empowered by Bullseye Technology, revolutionizes crop management. Utilizing advanced cameras and machine learning, it precisely
Verdant Robotics co-founders Gabe Sibley and Curtis Garner share the story behind the company — and how a bold mission to solve agriculture’s toughest challenge
This video explains how the Verdant Robotics Sharpshooter sprayer connects to the tractor and how it works in the field. Contact us if you have any questions o
Watch SharpShooter glide over this romaine lettuce field in Boronda, CA, delivering pinpoint precision with every shot. Millimeter-accurate, no waste, and zero
The future of ag tech is here—aimable, precise, and radically more efficient. Gabe Sibley and Curtis Garner reveal how they’ve built the Verdant Robotics platfo
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
Verdant Robotics draws attention at the 70th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 48 months ago.
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 2, 2026