Facts

• Segment: Agriculture
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2018
• Website: https://carbonrobotics.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Articles
• Sources

Summary

Carbon Robotics builds AI-powered agricultural robots for precision weed control. Its LaserWeeder system uses computer vision, deep learning and high-power lasers to identify and kill weeds without herbicides while crops remain in the field.

Market context

Carbon Robotics is one of the clearer commercial examples of agriculture robotics applied to a costly field workflow. It matters because weed control combines perception, actuation and deployment economics in a real production environment.

Products

• LaserWeeder G2

Facts

• Website: https://carbonrobotics.com/
• HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
• Founded: 2018
• Segment: Agriculture
• Known funding rounds: 4

Funding

• 2024-10-21 - Series D - $70M - Carbon Robotics raises $70M Series D - source: businesswire.com
• 2024-05-07 - Strategic investment - Carbon Robotics receives strategic investment from NVentures - source: businesswire.com
• 2023-04-11 - Series C - $30M - Carbon Robotics raises $30M Series C - source: businesswire.com
• 2021-09-01 - Series B - $27M - Carbon Robotics closes $27M Series B financing - source: businesswire.com

Investors

• Anthos Capital - Lead - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-09-01 - latest 2024-10-21
• Fuse Venture Capital - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-09-01 - latest 2024-10-21
• Ignition Partners - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-09-01 - latest 2024-10-21
• Voyager Capital - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-09-01 - latest 2024-10-21
• NVentures - Lead - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-05-07 - latest 2024-10-21
• Sozo Ventures - Lead - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-04-11 - latest 2024-10-21
• Liquid2 Ventures - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-09-01 - latest 2023-04-11
• BOND - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-21
• Revolution - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-21
• Bolt - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-01

Laser weeding agriculture robot company

Carbon Robotics develops LaserWeeder systems that use AI vision and lasers for chemical-free weed control in specialty crops.

• Target environment: Specialty crop farms, vegetable fields, commercial agriculture, row-crop operations and tractor-pulled field workflows.
• Deployment model: Agricultural robotics products and autonomy kits deployed with growers for field-scale weed control.
• Customer context: Farmers, specialty crop growers, agricultural operators and producers seeking reduced herbicide use and labour pressure.
• Workflow context: Weed detection, laser weeding, tractor automation, crop-row perception, operator supervision and field data capture.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial agriculture robotics company with LaserWeeder products designed and tested for real-world farming.
• Market position: Crop-care robotics company focused on AI-guided laser weed control.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on crop fit, machine cost, field conditions, weed pressure, service support, laser safety and grower economics.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes precision weeding, agricultural computer vision, autonomous field robots and chemical-free crop care.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-03-19 - Org Change - Carbon Robotics appoints Kevan Krysler as CFO and announces $100M+ annual revenue milestone - Carbon appointed Kevan Krysler as CFO and said the move reflected the company''s increasing commerc…
• 2026-02-02 - Capability - Carbon Robotics launches Large Plant Model - Carbon launched its Large Plant Model as a foundational AI model for plant detection and identification trained on 150 million labeled plants.
• 2025-06-02 - Org Change - Carbon Robotics adds lead independent director to board - Carbon appointed Don Listwin as Lead Independent Director as the company pushed into a more scaled growth phase.
• 2025-03-31 - Product Launch - Carbon Robotics launches Carbon AutoTractor - Carbon introduced Carbon AutoTractor as a tractor autonomy solution installed on existing tractors and remotely monitored by Carbon operators f…
• 2025-02-10 - Product Launch - Carbon Robotics launches LaserWeeder G2 product line - Carbon debuted LaserWeeder G2 as a faster, lighter, and modular product line with new sizes, configurations, and pricing.
• 2024-10-21 - Funding - Carbon Robotics raises $70M Series D - Carbon said the financing would accelerate growth of the LaserWeeder business, support new software and hardware products, and expand manufacturing.
• 2024-05-07 - Funding - Carbon Robotics receives strategic investment from NVentures - Carbon announced an investment from NVentures, NVIDIA''s venture capital arm, tying the company more closely to NVIDIA''s AI ecosyste…
• 2024-02-12 - Product Launch - Carbon Robotics launches Track LaserWeeder and new software capabilities - Carbon introduced the Track LaserWeeder for muck soil alongside new spatial data intelligence in Carbon Ops Center…
• 2023-04-11 - Funding - Carbon Robotics raises $30M Series C - Carbon said the round would expand sales regions in North America, scale manufacturing, develop new software and hardware products, and support international…
• 2022-02-07 - Product Launch - Carbon Robotics unveils LaserWeeder - Carbon introduced LaserWeeder as a pull-behind agricultural robot that uses AI, computer vision, robotics, and 30 high-powered CO2 lasers to identify a…
• 2021-09-01 - Funding - Carbon Robotics closes $27M Series B financing - The company said the round would scale production, grow engineering, and establish regional sales and support for farmers across the United States.

Team

• Paul Mikesell - Chief Executive Officer
• Alex Sergeev - CTO
• Nick Kirsch - Chief Engineering Officer
• John Mey - Vice President, Advanced Technology
• Kevan Krysler - CFO

Relationships

• Investor - Voyager Capital is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - Anthos Capital is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - Ignition Partners is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - NVentures is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - Revolution is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - Liquid2 Ventures is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - BOND is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - Fuse Venture Capital is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - Bolt is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.
• Investor - Sozo Ventures is listed as an investor or backer of Carbon Robotics.

Context tags

• Robotic weeding - Workflow - Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder removes weeds with targeted laser actuation.
• Chemical-free crop treatment - Capability - LaserWeeder uses chemical-free laser treatment for weed removal.
• Autonomous weeding robotics - Peer Group - Carbon Robotics builds autonomous laser weeding systems.
• Autonomous navigation - Capability - Autonomous field navigation for weeding operations
• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Builds complete agricultural robotic systems
• Crop-level perception - Capability - Carbon Robotics uses AI vision to identify weeds at crop level.
• Plant-targeted actuation - Capability - LaserWeeder actuates at the individual weed level.
• Agricultural robot OEM - Stack Layer - Carbon Robotics builds complete autonomous weeding robot systems.
• Crop weeding - Workflow - LaserWeeder platform for autonomous crop weeding
• Agriculture robotics builder - Peer Group - Core peer group: autonomous weeding robotics
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - Paid customer deployments across farms
• Farms and orchards - Customer Environment - Deployed in agricultural field environments

Articles

• 2025-02-10 - Carbon Robotics is making laser weeding a farm operations business - LaserWeeder G2 turns the companys computer-vision and laser system into a modular product line for farms facing labor, herbicide and weed…