Orchard Robotics Secures $22M for Farm Vision AI

Orchard Robotics, an AgTech startup founded by Charlie Wu, raised $22 million in a Series A round led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital, with participation from General Catalyst and Contrary. The funding will accelerate deployment of its Farm Vision AI platform, a precision agriculture solution using tractor-mounted cameras and AI algorithms to analyze crop metrics—fruit size, coloration, health status—in real time. By uploading data to a cloud-based dashboard, growers can optimize resource allocation, improve yields, manage labor more efficiently, and detect disease early. The Farm Vision AI system, already tested in major U.S. apple and grape farms, now extends to blueberries, cherries, almonds, pistachios, citrus, and strawberries. With this AgTech innovation, Orchard Robotics aims to build an end-to-end farm operating system, offering predictive analytics and automated recommendations. The $1.5 billion fruit and vegetable data market highlights growth potential. This investment underscores growing venture capital interest in traditional industries ripe for digital transformation. For crypto traders, the Series A signals confidence in technology-driven value creation outside blockchain, reminding markets that iterative AI advances can mirror disruptive capital flows seen in crypto.