Bloomfield Robotics is a Pittsburgh-based company that builds AI-driven plant imaging technology to deliver plant-level insights for specialty crops. Its stated mission is to make every farm vehicle a continuous data collection platform that assesses the health and performance of each plant. The company aims to help growers make more informed management decisions by providing actionable plant-level information. Bloomfield is pursuing strategic partnerships to broaden deployment and tailor analysis by crop and region. Following a reported $4.4 million funding raise, the company plans to grow its team, deploy the technology to more customers, and continue product development to serve the entire specialty crop supply chain. Institutional investments announced are intended to reinforce partnerships with leading players in Bloomfield's strategic markets. Bloomfield Robotics provides plant growth monitoring services targeted at tree crops. The company is described as US-based in the article. The December 9, 2021 report notes an investment by Kubota. The articles do not describe the company’s future plans or product roadmap. No revenue, user, or other operating metrics are disclosed in the article. Bloomfield Robotics, founded in 2019 as a Carnegie Mellon University spinout, develops the Bloomfield FLASH: a smart stereo-vision camera that emits its own flash, captures depth-aware, geolocated plant images from ATVs or tractors, and uploads them to the cloud for deep-learning analysis. The company’s AI evaluates plant size, fruit counts, cluster shape, leaf density, and signs of disease or infestation, producing virtual visual renderings and a recurring digital twin of fields. Bloomfield positions itself as crop-agnostic within specialty crops and currently operates in 15 vineyards across four countries plus one blueberry grower in Peru. The product aims to expand inspection coverage far beyond manual scouting, saving labor and enabling more efficient water and nutrient use. Since launch the company has driven early revenue while continuing product development and recently completed SVG Ventures’ THRIVE accelerator, winning the Innovation Icon Award. Management includes chief scientist George Kantor (CMU robotics) and CEO Mark DeSantis, and the company plans to remain based in Pittsburgh while hiring software engineers, plant scientists, and sales and marketing staff as it seeks another funding round.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jan 2023