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Aigen

Corporate marketagricultureCurated record
aigen.io

Founded 2020 by Kenny Lee (CEO) and Richard Wurden (CTO); builds fully autonomous, 100% solar-powered field robots (Element) that use onboard AI vision plus a mechanical striker to remove herbicide-resistant weeds chemical-free while collecting plant-level data, coordinated as a mesh-networked crew. Sold as a managed robotics-as-a-service fleet with crews sized in packs of 5, 10 or 20+ robots.

HeadquartersKirkland, US
Founded2020
Corporate funding$29M
Team11-50
Deployments1
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries A
FoundersKenny Lee (CEO), Rich Wurden (CTO)
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedUS
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineagriculture

Aigen Element

  • 100% solar-powered (350W panel + onboard battery), AI weed identification with mechanical striker, AWD IP65 foam-filled wheels, ~200 acres/season per 5-robot crew, designed for 5-season operational life

    vendor-defined solar mechanical-weeding robot specs and per-crew coverage

    Claim source
Machineagriculture

Aigen Element Gen2

  • 50% more solar generating capacity vs gen1, 4× AI compute for faster weed identification, new stereo depth perception, wider/taller design enabling operation in cotton, soy, and sugar beet; AWD all-terrain wheels

    vendor-defined gen2 hardware improvements over gen1

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2025-04-22Bowles Farming Companycotton farmUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordReGen VenturesNew Enterprise AssociatesCleveland AvenueInciteSusquehanna Private Equity InvestmentsAgFunderGlobal Founders Capital
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-07-01Selected for Amazon Web Services 'Compute for Climate' fellowship program providing AI tools and data center resources for climate tech startupsTechXplore
2025-04-22Launched Element Gen2 with 4× compute, 50% more solar capacity, and cotton/soy/sugar-beet compatibility in partnership with Bowles Farming CompanyGlobeNewswire
2023-11-09Raised $12M Series A led by ReGen Ventures and New Enterprise AssociatesPR Newswire
2022-01-18Raised $4M seed round led by NEA with AgFunder, Global Founders Capital, and ReGen VenturesPR Newswire
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Source ledger

6 unique public sources

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Aigen's $12M Series A Unleashes True-Solar Agriculture RobotsPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Aigen Raises $10M to Develop AI-Powered Weeding RobotsAInvest · retrieved 2026-07-05
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SEC Form D: $2,860,000 sold of $3,000,000 offeringSEC EDGAR · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Aigen raises a $4M seed led by NEAPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Aigen Launches Next Generation Element Robots for Weeding in Partnership with Bowles Farming CompanyGlobeNewswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm handsTechXplore · retrieved 2026-07-05