by Taylor Soper on October 21, 2024 at 4:30 am
The fresh cash will help scale its business, which has doubled revenue over the past 12 months. The company, which has 160 employees, declined to provide specific revenue metrics.
Carbon Robotics’ “LaserWeeder” machine attaches to the back of a tractor and uses an array of AI-powered technology to detect plants in fields and then target and eliminate weeds with lasers, without disturbing the soil microbiology. Each machine relies on 24 Nvidia graphics processing units, processing 4.7 million high-resolution images per hour.
“The brain of the machine is all software and advanced AI techniques,” said Paul Mikesell, founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics. The company has also developed patented hardware mechanisms.
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