Orchard Robotics Secures $22M Series A to Expand AI Crop Intelligence

• Orchard Robotics raised $22 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-powered precision farming platform.
• The company's FruitScope system is already deployed across major U.S. farms and is expanding into additional crops and regions.

Orchard Robotics announced an oversubscribed $22 million Series A round led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, Contrary, Mythos, and others. This brings the company’s total funding to over $25 million. The investment will support team growth, including a new office in San Francisco.

Founded by Thiel Fellow Charlie Wu in 2022, Orchard addresses the agriculture data gap by replacing manual crop sampling with automated field-wide insights. Its FruitScope Vision System mounts on farm vehicles to collect millions of images, analyzed by AI to assess every plant's condition in detail. The system connects to a central OS where farmers can view metrics and manage field operations.

"Agriculture hasn’t fundamentally evolved in the last 20 years, despite dramatic increases in costs," said founder Charlie Wu, in a press release. "Solving farming is a data problem, and data is the bedrock of every farming decision. But the lack of precise, actionable data is the bottleneck. Orchard Robotics exists to help our farmers become more profitable and efficient, and this new funding accelerates our ability to deliver a sustainable future for agriculture."

Already used across top U.S. apple and grape farms, Orchard’s technology is now expanding to crops like blueberries, cherries, almonds, and citrus. The company aims to double its team by year’s end to support growing demand and international scale.

🌀 Tom’s Take:

AI is only as good as what it can see, and Orchard is giving it eyes on every plant. That full-field vision equips farmers to make faster, more informed decisions with confidence and precision.

Source: Business Wire / Orchard Robotics