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Aigen Raises $12 Million to Scale Solar-Powered Farm Robots and Expand U.S. Presence in 2024
Seattle-area agtech startup Aigen raised $12 million led by ReGen Ventures to scale production of its solar-powered weed-destroying farm robots and expand across U.S. farms. The company plans to build 70 robots in a new Redmond facility and open a hub in Fargo, N.D., while leveraging AI to improve weed identification and data services.
Seattle’s Aigen Unveils Solar-Powered Autonomous Weed-Zapping Robot Amid Data Challenges for Ag-Tech AI
Aigen, a Seattle startup led by Kenny Lee and Rich Wurden, has developed a solar-powered, self-driving robot for weed control and crop monitoring, aiming to be one of the first fully autonomous renewable-powered farming machines. Despite growth in ag-tech AI startups, challenges remain, particularly in acquiring sufficient ground truth data to train AI models effectively.