John Deere ranks 28 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; Carbon Robotics ranks 58 with 81. Carbon Robotics is ahead on progress and technology. John Deere is ahead on positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment, production and commercials. Carbon Robotics is based in Seattle, United States, John Deere in Moline, United States. Carbon Robotics: private. John Deere: Established. Carbon Robotics is named in 14 signals and John Deere in 25.
Carbon Robotics builds autonomous agricultural systems, including the LaserWeeder and Carbon Autonomy Tractor Kit for autonomous tractor operations and implement integration.
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Carbon Robotics is a US maker of laser weeding systems (LaserWeeder G2, an AutoTractor kit) that crossed $100M in revenue for the fiscal year ending January 2026, serving hundreds of customers in 15 countries from plants in Richland WA and the Netherlands. It launched a Large Plant Model (150M labeled plants) in February 2026, raised $20M in October 2025 (~$177M total), and hired a public-company CFO, an IPO signal. It has about 260 employees.
14 signals name Carbon Robotics.
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Through Bear Flag Robotics, GUSS Automation, and autonomous tractor initiatives, John Deere builds and deploys autonomous agricultural machinery for field and orchard operations.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
John Deere is a US agricultural-machinery giant (FY26 net-income guidance $4.75-5B) putting autonomy kits on 8R/9R tractors and running See & Spray on ~1/3 of North American sprayer orders (~2x YoY), with 520M engaged acres in its Operations Center. It acquired GUSS Automation (August 2025), launched See & Scout, and raised FY26 guidance despite a large-ag downturn. It is scaling autonomy across an existing installed base.
25 signals name John Deere.
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John Deere ranks 28 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; Carbon Robotics ranks 58 with 81. Carbon Robotics is ahead on progress and technology. John Deere is ahead on positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment, production and commercials. Carbon Robotics is based in Seattle, United States, John Deere in Moline, United States. Carbon Robotics: private. John Deere: Established. Carbon Robotics is named in 14 signals and John Deere in 25.
John Deere ranks 28 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; Carbon Robotics ranks 58 with 81. Carbon Robotics is ahead on progress and technology. John Deere is ahead on positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment, production and commercials. Carbon Robotics is based in Seattle, United States, John Deere in Moline, United States. Carbon Robotics: private. John Deere: Established. Carbon Robotics is named in 14 signals and John Deere in 25. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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