Bonsai Robotics builds vision-based physical AI solutions for orchard and specialty-crop agriculture, with a flagship product called Visionsteer™ that offers data insights, crop analysis, job planning, notifications and autonomous vehicle control. The company’s technology is designed to operate in GNSS-denied environments and without cellular or internet connectivity, addressing harsh field conditions like dust, darkness, debris and vibration. Bonsai has deployed over 40 integrated autonomous units across the U.S. and Australia and has collected data from operations on more than 500,000 acres. The new funding will be used to enhance its vision-based autonomous software, expand its physical AI platform and dataset, grow OEM partnerships, and accelerate commercialization. Bonsai positions its approach as addressing labor shortages, rising grower costs, climate change and food-security challenges in specialty agriculture. Bonsai Robotics, based in San Jose, CA, provides computer vision-based robotic automation solutions for harsh, off-road environments such as agriculture. Its systems integrate with OEM equipment to enable autonomy and can operate without GPS in adverse conditions including dust, debris and vibration. Led by CEO Tyler Niday, the company works with OEMs including OMC and Flory Industries and with California growers who report significant efficiency gains amid a severe labor shortage. The company raised $13.5M in Seed funding and plans to use the proceeds to accelerate its product roadmap and invest in hiring and sales and marketing. Its product focus is on ruggedizing autonomy for environments where traditional GPS-reliant approaches fail.

Total raised

$29M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jan 2025