# Bonsai Robotics revenue, valuation & funding Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/companies/bonsai-robotics/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy. Bonsai Robotics is a private San Jose company that builds AI autonomy software for farm machines. Its last reported funding was a $13.5M seed round led by Acre Venture Partners in October 2023. It has no stock ticker and no stated IPO plan. Checked Nov 8, 2026 ## At a glance - Funding: a $13.5M seed round in October 2023, led by Acre Venture Partners. No valuation has been reported. - Revenue: not disclosed, and no figure has been reported. - Status: private. No stock ticker and no stated IPO plan. - Founded: 2022, by Tyler Niday and Ugur Oezdemir. - CEO: [Tyler Niday](https://realalpha.app/builders/tyler-niday/). - Headquarters: San Jose, California. - Investors: Acre Venture Partners, E14, Congruent, Serra Ventures, Fall Line Capital, SNR Ventures and Andros, among others. - Products: Bonsai Intelligence autonomy software, the Amiga Flex, Trax and Max machines, Bonsai World, Bonsai Pilot and a telemetry platform. ## Is Bonsai Robotics public? Can you buy its stock? No. Bonsai Robotics is a private company, so its shares don't trade on any stock exchange and it has no ticker symbol. Its executives haven't said anything in public about going public. No filing has been made. Its shares are held by its founders, staff and investors. When Bonsai bought farm-ng in July 2025, shareholders of both companies kept stakes in the combined company ([The AI Insider](https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/07/24/bonsai-robotics-acquires-farm-ng-to-lead-the-future-of-autonomous-farming/)). This page reports facts and gives no investment advice. ## Valuation, round by round Bonsai Robotics has no reported valuation, and its last reported round was a $13.5M seed in October 2023. - Oct 2023 · — · $13.5M · Acre Venture Partners · [Agriculture Dive](https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/bonsai-raises-capital-to-bring-autonomous-vehicles-to-orchards/695994/) Later funding hasn't been confirmed by a published report. Bonsai bought farm-ng in July 2025 for an undisclosed sum. ## How Bonsai Robotics makes money Bonsai sells machines and the software that drives them. It offers OEM equipment and retrokits, plus its own Bonsai Amiga machines ([Bonsai Robotics](https://bonsairobotics.ai)). The machines come in diesel, diesel-hybrid-electric and fully electric versions. Amiga Flex users get Bonsai Intelligence through a software subscription, according to [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/bonsai-robotics-launches-amiga-flex-robots-fira-2025/). Bonsai hasn't published prices. Its website also lists government, mining and construction work beyond farming. ## Products Bonsai World was built with Google Cloud and [NVIDIA](https://realalpha.app/companies/#nvidia) accelerated computing, per the company's October 2026 release. - **Bonsai Intelligence.** Its autonomy software, which gives machines navigation, perception and task execution. Amiga Flex users get it by subscription. · [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/bonsai-robotics-launches-amiga-flex-robots-fira-2025/) - **Amiga Flex, Trax and Max** (October 2025). Its Amiga machines, unveiled at FIRA USA 2025 and run by Bonsai Intelligence. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/) - **Bonsai World** (October 2, 2026). A simulation and world model app that generates conditions machines haven't met in the field. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/bonsai-robotics-unveils-bonsai-world-to-accelerate-physical-ai-across-rugged-environments/) - **Telemetry platform** (June 26, 2025). Built to connect all farm equipment. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/) - **Bonsai Pilot.** A mobile app on Google Play and the App Store for managing a mixed fleet. · [Bonsai Robotics' website](https://bonsairobotics.ai) ## Customers and usage By October 2023 Bonsai had trialled its technology with California tree nut growers, according to [Agriculture Dive](https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/bonsai-raises-capital-to-bring-autonomous-vehicles-to-orchards/695994/). It also had relationships with Orchard Machinery Corporation and Flory Industries. In July 2025 Tyler Niday told [AgFunderNews](https://agfundernews.com/bonsai-robotics-acquires-farm-ng-to-herald-new-era-of-ai-first-machines-that-will-transform-crop-management) it had over 50 machines deployed in the US and Australia. That was its first year of commercial deployments. Its [website](https://bonsairobotics.ai) lists 400+ machines deployed, without saying when the count was taken. In October 2026 the company said its models were trained on more than 50 million real-world samples from over one million acres ([Bonsai Robotics](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/bonsai-robotics-unveils-bonsai-world-to-accelerate-physical-ai-across-rugged-environments/)). ## Leadership Bonsai announced an expanded seven-person executive team in August 2025 ([Bonsai Robotics](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/)). - **[Tyler Niday](https://realalpha.app/builders/tyler-niday/),** co-founder and CEO. He earlier helped pioneer See & Spray at Blue River and John Deere. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/) - **Ugur Oezdemir,** co-founder and CTO. He led vision-based autonomy work at Airbus, Blue River and John Deere. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/) - **John Teeple,** chief operating officer. He was Director of Technology at John Deere. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/) - **Gary Bradski,** chief science officer. He founded OpenCV. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/) - **Brendan Dowdle,** chief business officer. He was CEO of farm-ng. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/) - **Matt Pigeon,** chief financial officer. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/) - **Arlen Frew,** chief revenue officer. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/) ## Who owns Bonsai Robotics? Its founders, staff and investors. As a private company it doesn't publish who holds what, and no stake has been disclosed. - **Acre Venture Partners** led the $13.5M seed round in October 2023. · [Agriculture Dive](https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/bonsai-raises-capital-to-bring-autonomous-vehicles-to-orchards/695994/) - **E14, Congruent, Serra Ventures, Fall Line Capital, SNR Ventures and Andros** took part in that round, along with angel investors. · [Agriculture Dive](https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/bonsai-raises-capital-to-bring-autonomous-vehicles-to-orchards/695994/) - **Former farm-ng shareholders** kept stakes in Bonsai after it bought farm-ng in July 2025. · [The AI Insider](https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/07/24/bonsai-robotics-acquires-farm-ng-to-lead-the-future-of-autonomous-farming/) ## Timeline and latest news - Oct 2, 2026 · Introduced Bonsai World, a simulation and world model app. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/bonsai-robotics-unveils-bonsai-world-to-accelerate-physical-ai-across-rugged-environments/) - Oct 2, 2026 · Said its models were trained on more than 50 million real-world samples from over one million acres. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/bonsai-robotics-unveils-bonsai-world-to-accelerate-physical-ai-across-rugged-environments/) - Oct 21, 2025 · Unveiled the Amiga Flex, Trax and Max machines at FIRA USA 2025. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/) - Aug 21, 2025 · Announced an expanded seven-person executive team. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/deep-bench-leadership/) - Jul 24, 2025 · Bought farm-ng, maker of the Amiga robot, for an undisclosed sum. · [AgFunderNews](https://agfundernews.com/bonsai-robotics-acquires-farm-ng-to-herald-new-era-of-ai-first-machines-that-will-transform-crop-management) - Jul 24, 2025 · Tyler Niday said over 50 machines were deployed in the US and Australia. · [AgFunderNews](https://agfundernews.com/bonsai-robotics-acquires-farm-ng-to-herald-new-era-of-ai-first-machines-that-will-transform-crop-management) - Jun 26, 2025 · Launched a telemetry platform to connect all farm equipment. · [Bonsai Robotics' newsroom](https://bonsairobotics.ai/news/) - Oct 9, 2023 · Was reported to have trialled its technology with California tree nut growers. · [Agriculture Dive](https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/bonsai-raises-capital-to-bring-autonomous-vehicles-to-orchards/695994/) - Oct 2023 · Raised a $13.5M seed round led by Acre Venture Partners. · [Agriculture Dive](https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/bonsai-raises-capital-to-bring-autonomous-vehicles-to-orchards/695994/) ## Questions people ask ### Is Bonsai Robotics a public company? Can I buy Bonsai Robotics stock? No. Bonsai Robotics is private and has no ticker, so its shares don't trade on any exchange. It hasn't announced plans to go public. ### Who owns Bonsai Robotics? Its founders, staff and investors, including Acre Venture Partners, which led its 2023 seed round. Former farm-ng shareholders also kept stakes after Bonsai bought farm-ng in July 2025. ### Who is the CEO of Bonsai Robotics? [Tyler Niday](https://realalpha.app/builders/tyler-niday/), who co-founded it. He earlier helped pioneer See & Spray at Blue River and John Deere. ### Who founded Bonsai Robotics? Tyler Niday and Ugur Oezdemir, in 2022, according to [AgFunderNews](https://agfundernews.com/bonsai-robotics-acquires-farm-ng-to-herald-new-era-of-ai-first-machines-that-will-transform-crop-management). ### How much is Bonsai Robotics worth? No valuation has been reported. Its last reported round was a $13.5M seed in October 2023, led by Acre Venture Partners ([Agriculture Dive](https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/bonsai-raises-capital-to-bring-autonomous-vehicles-to-orchards/695994/)). ### How does Bonsai Robotics make money? It sells OEM equipment, retrokits and its own Amiga machines. Amiga Flex users pay a [software subscription](https://www.therobotreport.com/bonsai-robotics-launches-amiga-flex-robots-fira-2025/) for Bonsai Intelligence. ### How many machines does Bonsai Robotics have deployed? Tyler Niday said over 50 in July 2025, in the US and Australia ([AgFunderNews](https://agfundernews.com/bonsai-robotics-acquires-farm-ng-to-herald-new-era-of-ai-first-machines-that-will-transform-crop-management)). Its website lists 400+ machines deployed, without a date. ### Where is Bonsai Robotics headquartered? San Jose, California. ## People on Real Alpha - [Tyler Niday](https://realalpha.app/builders/tyler-niday/), Co-founder & CEO, Bonsai Robotics ## How this page is sourced Each figure links to the filing, company statement or news report it came from, with its date. Run rates are what reporters were told, not audited results; estimates and unconfirmed reports are marked. Quotes are what each person said on the record, with the minute they said it.