# Verdant Robotics

> Verdant Robotics is a Hayward, California agtech company building AI-driven precision farming robots. Its flagship SharpShooter is a tractor-pulled implement that uses computer vision and a bank of aiming nozzles to treat individual plants - weeding, thinning, fertilizing and spraying with millimeter accuracy - instead of blanketing whole fields. The pitch to growers of high-value specialty crops like carrots, lettuce and onions: cut chemical inputs by more than 96%, reduce hand-weeding costs, and collect plant-level data along the way. Founded in 2018 and led by roboticist Gabe Sibley, the company raised a $46.5M Series A in 2022 and commercially launched the SharpShooter in 2024.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Hayward, California, United States
- **Founders:** Gabe Sibley (Co-founder & CEO), Curtis Garner (Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer), Lawrence Ibarria (Co-founder & COO)
- **Team size:** ~60 employees
- **Products:** SharpShooter, Bullseye Aim & Apply Technology, Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS), Agronomic Performance Reports
- **Notable:** Raised $46.5M Series A in 2022, one of the largest ag-robotics rounds to date, Commercially launched the SharpShooter in October 2024, debuting the 2025 Model B at FIRA USA, Demonstrated 99% of shots landing within 5mm of target at up to 480 shots per second

## Products & services

- **SharpShooter** — Autonomous, multi-action precision application implement pulled behind a tractor. Uses computer vision and aiming nozzles to weed, thin, fertilize and treat individual plants with millimeter accuracy while collecting plant-level data.
- **Bullseye Aim & Apply Technology** — Proprietary system combining spatial AI, machine learning and aiming nozzles that aims at a target before applying - 99% of shots landing within 5mm, at 120-480 shots per second.
- **Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS)** — Service model in which Verdant operates the robots and delivers weeding, thinning and application outcomes to growers on a per-acre basis rather than selling hardware outright.
- **Agronomic Performance Reports** — Plant-level field data and analytics collected during each pass, giving growers real-time insight into crop and weed conditions.

## Achievements

- Raised $46.5M Series A in 2022, one of the largest ag-robotics rounds to date
- Commercially launched the SharpShooter in October 2024, debuting the 2025 Model B at FIRA USA
- Demonstrated 99% of shots landing within 5mm of target at up to 480 shots per second
- Cut chemical inputs by over 96% and hand-weeding costs by an average of 65% on customer fields
- Only U.S. ag robot able to simultaneously weed, fertilize and treat plants while collecting per-plant data
- Reduced AI crop-model retraining time from 5 days to 1 day using NVIDIA transfer learning

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Announced commercial launch of the SharpShooter, unveiling the 2025 Model B 20-foot implement at FIRA USA 2024.
- **2024-07** — Expanded into grass seed and sod production, where weeds and crop can look nearly identical.
- **2022-11** — Closed $46.5M Series A led by Cleveland Avenue to scale its RaaS fleet.

## Links

- Website: https://verdantrobotics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/verdantrobotics/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/verdantrobotics
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/verdantrobotics/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/verdantrobotics/

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Last updated: 2026-07-10