XAG has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: XAG agricultural drones (P/V-series) (XAG builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Is XAG publicly traded?

XAG is not yet publicly traded but is in the process of going public, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with XAG?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to XAG building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.

Where is XAG headquartered?

XAG is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

Where does XAG operate robots?

XAG 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.

Is XAG a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, XAG ranks in roughly the top 45% of companies tracked by the registry.

XAG 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.

XAG: robotics company

Overview

XAG (formerly XAircraft) is a major Chinese agricultural-drone maker based in Guangzhou (founded 2007), producing autonomous RTK-precision crop-spraying and mapping drones (P/V-series) for rice, cotton, and orchard farming. XAG is one of the world's largest agricultural drone manufacturers.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

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Key facts

Founded

2014, Guangzhou, China

Founders

Justin Gong (Vice Chairman), Peng Bin (CEO)

Product

Agricultural drones (P Series, V Series) for crop spraying, seeding, surveying; XAG R150 unmanned ground vehicle

Funding

Series A $20M; Series B $50M; Series C $100M; Series D $200M; total ~$370M+

Customers

China, Japan, Korea, Australia, Southeast Asia, Latin America - crop protection and precision agriculture services

Employees

~1,400+

Data & sources

Web sources

3

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Models (1)

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Current platform

XAG agricultural drones (P/V-series)

XAG, headquartered in Guangzhou and founded in 2007 before pivoting to agriculture around 2013 under co-founders Peng Bin, a former Microsoft engineer, and Gong Jinqin, is a major Chinese agricultural-drone maker and a key competitor to DJI's Agras line. Its P-series and V-series drones perform autonomous crop spraying, seeding, and spreading using RTK-precision waypoint operation, aerial mapping, and variable-rate application, complemented by ground robots in an unmanned-farm platform, with throughput such as fifteen hectares per hour for the P40 and twenty for the P80. Backed by the SoftBank Vision Fund as its largest external shareholder along with Baidu Capital and Hillhouse, XAG reported about 1.066 billion yuan of revenue in 2024 and turned profitable, with roughly 70 million yuan of net profit in 2024 and more than 130 million in the first half of 2025, about a 10.7 percent global agricultural-robot market share ranking it second, and a Hong Kong initial public offering in preparation. The registry records it at production maturity, the strongest commercial maturity in the commercial drone set, sold through a clean hardware-sales model to spraying-service operators and farmers rather than a captive service. A regulatory note: China's agricultural-drone regime differs from US beyond-visual-line-of-sight rules, with routine autonomous waypoint spraying at massive scale, so the BVLOS gating event is not the relevant gate here. The autonomy is genuinely substantive and documented across independent sources, while widely cited figures such as 120,000 units sold, 1.2 million farmers served, 27,000 drones in operation, and presence in 70 countries trace to company statements and are cap-flagged as company-sourced rather than independently audited.

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XAG on the deployment map

Where XAG's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.

Relationships

SSoftBank Vision FundInvestor IIDG CapitalInvestor AAlibabaInvestor

Current leadership (2)

Justin Gong foundersince 2014-01-01secondary-verified
Peng Bin ceosince 2014-01-01secondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for XAG.

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

XAG in third-party press

Bearish continuation setup?

Jul 13, 2026

XAG Unveils Aerial and Ground Agricultural Robots for Fully Autonomous Crop Protection

Jul 8, 2026

Vibrant China Survey: Chinese Companies Going Global Are No Longer Just Shipping Products

Jul 6, 2026

Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Teledyne FLIR4 models
AeroVironment3 models

Financial state

Reporting basis: aggregator_estimate
Lifecycle stage: growth
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.

Funding rounds (4)

Series D2021-01-01
$200M(reported)
Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (lead)
Series C2019-01-01
$100M(reported)
Investors: IDG Capital, Alibaba (strategic)
Series B2017-01-01
$50M(reported)
Series A2015-01-01
$20M(reported)

Sources (3)

Common questions

What is XAG?: XAG (formerly XAircraft) is a major Chinese agricultural-drone maker based in Guangzhou (founded 2007), producing autonomous RTK-precision crop-spraying and mapping drones (P/V-series) for rice, cotton, and orchard farming. XAG is one of the world's largest agricultural drone manufacturers.
What does XAG make?: XAG has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: XAG agricultural drones (P/V-series) (XAG builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
Is XAG publicly traded?: XAG is not yet publicly traded but is in the process of going public, per the DEPLOY registry.
Who competes with XAG?: On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to XAG building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
Where is XAG headquartered?: XAG is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.
Where does XAG operate robots?: XAG 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.
Is XAG a top robotics company?: On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, XAG ranks in roughly the top 45% of companies tracked by the registry.
When was XAG founded?: XAG was founded in 2007.
Is XAG safe?: XAG 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 · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-03

Sources by quality tier

3: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Teledyne FLIR4 models
AeroVironment3 models

In the press

Recent coverage mentioning XAG from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.

TradingViewJul 13, 2026

Bearish continuation setup?

Silver (XAG/USD) is rising towards the pivot, which is an overlapping resistance and could reverse towards the 1st support. Pivot: 58.63 1st Support: 57.21 1st Resistance: 59.86…

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PandailyJul 8, 2026

XAG Unveils Aerial and Ground Agricultural Robots for Fully Autonomous Crop Protection

XAG new X Series agricultural robots and RM80 mowing robot tackle the last mile of farm automation, from autonomous spraying to self-charging and mixing chemicals.

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PandailyJul 6, 2026

Vibrant China Survey: Chinese Companies Going Global Are No Longer Just Shipping Products

From XAG agricultural drones reshaping US farms to TCL's Mini LED TVs and ADO e-bikes building European communities, Chinese companies now export entire operating systems.

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Machine-readable surfaces

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RSS feed: /companies/xag/feed.xml
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REST API: /v1/companies/749ebb4f-3ccd-49bb-99cb-48de6829e147
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Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Teledyne FLIR4 models
AeroVironment3 models

Reality vs attention

XAG draws attention at the 52nd percentile but verifies reality at the 20th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +31.8, 11th widest among aerial robots.

Reality20thpctileverified deployments vs aerial robots

Attention52ndpctilemedia + video vs aerial robots

Hype Gap +31.8Famous, unproven

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6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 45% of Aerial

vs funding peers-11.5 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

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Analysis

Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.

Signal flags

New deploymentRecent pressFunding gap >24mo

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

95.0MED

33.9HIGH

7.8MED

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

23.423.4MED

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: Jul 14, 2026

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