ROOT AI, INC.
Autonomous robotic system for agricultural harvesting using machine learning and computer vision
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Woburn, MA
- Founded
- 2017
- Latest Form D
- $7.9M, Aug 2020
- Total capital
- $8.9M
- Federal grants
- $960K
- 2 awards · 2019–2020
- Rank in peer group#28 of 28
- Private capital raised
- $7.9M
- 1 Form D · last Aug 2020
- 74 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 6 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$7.9M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: AI-Powered Robotic Harvesters for Greenhouse Cultivation$739K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Real-Time Pose and Grasping Affordance Estimation for Vine Crops$221K
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Federal first
18months
from ROOT AI, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jan 2019
- NSF · $221K
- First Form D · Aug 2020
- $7.9M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 2 awards
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Standing among 28 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Joshua LessingResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $960K in grants as PI
- Rob MayDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ryan KnopfExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 6- PendingDual Arm Robotic Fruit Harvesting SystemUSPTOApplication 63170232
- PendingGripper Tools For Object Grasping, Manipulation, And RemovalUSPTOApplication 62984125
- PendingDepth And Vision Sensors For Challenging Agricultural EnvironmentsUSPTOApplication 62820986
Show all 6 patent records
- Dual Arm Robotic Fruit Harvesting SystemApplication 63170232Pending
- Gripper Tools For Object Grasping, Manipulation, And RemovalApplication 62984125Pending
- Depth And Vision Sensors For Challenging Agricultural EnvironmentsApplication 62820986Pending
- Depth And Vision Sensors For Challenging Agricultural EnvironmentsApplication 62806484Pending
- Ripeness Detection System Using Hue Color Space And Peak FindingApplication 62806492Pending
- Gripper Tools For Object Grasping And ManipulationApplication 62806491Pending
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- PATHOTRAK INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Epicrop Technologies IncSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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