# Brandon Alexander

> Brandon Alexander is the co-founder and former CEO of Iron Ox, where he brought robotics and AI into indoor produce farming. A University of Texas at Austin graduate and former Willow Garage and Google X engineer, he helped build robotic growing systems and raised more than $100 million for Iron Ox. Crosslink Capital currently lists him as an entrepreneur in residence focused on AI and hard technology.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur in Residence at Crosslink Capital
- **Organizations:** Crosslink Capital, Iron Ox, Google X, Willow Garage, Robot Web Tools
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, The University of Texas at Austin
- **Known for:** Co-founded Iron Ox with Jon Binney in 2015., Led the development and expansion of robotic produce farms in California and Texas., Raised more than $100 million for Iron Ox, according to Crosslink Capital.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Graduated from the University of Texas at Austin; the university alumni magazine identifies him as BA ’07.
- **2012** — Met future Iron Ox co-founder Jon Binney, according to Alexander’s 2018 ASABE essay.
- **2013** — Presented Introduction to Robot Web Tools at ROSCon; worked on web robotics at Willow Garage before Google X.
- **2015** — Left Google’s drone work and co-founded Iron Ox with Jon Binney.
- **2018** — Iron Ox opened its robotic production farm in San Carlos, California.
- **2021** — Iron Ox announced a $53 million Series C led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and launched its Grover robot.
- **2022** — Iron Ox’s Lockhart expansion was profiled by the University of Texas alumni magazine; the company cut approximately 50 jobs in November.
- **—** — Crosslink Capital’s current biography lists Alexander as an entrepreneur in residence and describes eight years leading Iron Ox.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Iron Ox with Jon Binney in 2015.
- Led the development and expansion of robotic produce farms in California and Texas.
- Raised more than $100 million for Iron Ox, according to Crosslink Capital.
- Developed mission control software for Google X’s Project Wing.
- Presented Robot Web Tools at ROSCon 2013.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research check: Crosslink Capital’s live team biography lists Alexander as Entrepreneur in Residence, focused on AI and hard technology; the page itself is undated.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonacealexander
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/bacealexander
- GitHub: https://github.com/baalexander

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Last updated: 2026-10-23