{"city":"Kingsburg","name":"GUSS","slug":"guss","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"deployment","value":"GUSS sprayers operate in citrus, nut and wine-grape orchards in the western US, each covering up to 20 acres per hour without an operator.","source":"fertilizerdaily.com"},{"date":"2026-08-26","type":"partnership","value":"GUSS, a wholly owned John Deere subsidiary, plans to integrate Ouster's Rev8 OS0 color digital lidar into its next-generation autonomous orchard machine fleet.","source":"igrownews.com"},{"date":"2026-08-01","type":"partnership","value":"Ouster announced that GUSS plans to incorporate REV8 OS0 digital lidar sensors into its next-generation autonomous orchard machine fleet.","source":"ouster.gcs-web.com"},{"date":"2025-08-01","type":"ownership_change","value":"John Deere completed its full acquisition of GUSS Automation; GUSS retained its name, employees, and Kingsburg manufacturing facility.","source":"gussag.com"},{"date":"2025-05-01","type":"revenue_band","value":"<$25m standalone revenue not disclosed.","source":"mach.io"},{"date":"2025-05-01","type":"partnership","value":"GUSS and MACH published a case study describing their autonomy partnership for orchard and vineyard navigation, including hardware and software designed for GNSS-challenged environments.","source":"mach.io"}],"peers":[{"name":"Caterpillar Inc.","rank":3,"slug":"caterpillar-inc","score":"96"},{"name":"Epiroc","rank":4,"slug":"epiroc","score":"96"},{"name":"Komatsu","rank":8,"slug":"komatsu","score":"93"},{"name":"John Deere","rank":28,"slug":"john-deere","score":"86"},{"name":"Carbon Robotics","rank":58,"slug":"carbon-robotics","score":"81"}],"stage":null,"state":"California","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"GUSS builds autonomous orchard and vineyard machines for agricultural navigation and operations. Its next-generation fleet is being developed for outdoor environments, including GNSS-challenged settings.","list":"Robotics 100","rank":70,"tier":"member","layer":"Systems","total":80,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":4,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Field & outdoor"}],"founded":null,"signals":[],"website":"guss.ai","category":"Robotics · Systems","categories":[{"name":"Field & outdoor","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Systems"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:17:49.578217+00:00","facts_total":7,"positioning":"GUSS Automation is a Kingsburg, California-based maker of autonomous orchard, vineyard and herbicide sprayers, operating as a wholly owned John Deere subsidiary since John Deere completed its acquisition on Aug-25. The domain product has been commercially deployed at more than 250 machines, with more than 2.6 million acres sprayed and over 500,000 autonomous operating hours reported by John Deere; its distinguishing asset is field-proven supervised autonomy for high-value crops, while standalone revenue and unit economics remain undisclosed.","sub_category":"Field & outdoor","signals_total":0,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/guss","title":"GUSS · robotics, Kingsburg, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"GUSS builds autonomous orchard and vineyard machines for agricultural navigation and operations. Its next-generation fleet is being developed for outdoor environments, including GNSS-challenged settings. Robotics 100 rank 70 (score 80)","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}