Carbon Robotics
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle
- Sectors
- Automation Machinery Manufacturing
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- 306
- Founders
- Paul Mikesell
Temporal rises to No. 1 on GeekWire 200 after $550M raise at $12.55B valuation as AI and hardware firms climb
Temporal is now the No. 1 company on the GeekWire 200 after a $550 million raise valuing it at $12.55 billion and surpassing $250 million in annualized revenue; the Fall 2026 ranking highlights growth in AI software and advanced machinery for space, energy and defense across the Pacific Northwest.
Carbon Robotics launches 'Carbon Autonomy Ready' on Sept 1, 2026; Great Plains Manufacturing first partner
Seattle-based Carbon Robotics launched 'Carbon Autonomy Ready' on September 1, 2026, a program letting third-party implement makers connect their equipment to its autonomous tractor platform, with Great Plains Manufacturing as the first partner.
Why Physical AI Is Farming's Next Frontier with Carbon Robotics CEO Paul Mikesell
In this episode of Shift AI, Paul Mikesell, CEO of Carbon Robotics, joins host Boaz Ashkenazy for a wide-ranging conversation on how AI, lasers, and autonomy are replacing chemical weed control on farms. Carbon Robotics built a foundation model out of 150 million plant images, and Paul explains what happens when you show it a weed it has never encountered before. There's no retraining involved, and the result is something closer to a machine that understands what a plant is rather than one that's just memorized a dataset. What that actually looks like in the field, and why it took…
People
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Paul Mikesell Founder, CEO and Founder, Founder / CEO
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John Connors Board Member
