Tensorfield Agriculture is a privately held Bay Area company that builds semi-autonomous field robots for precision thermal weeding in high-density vegetable crops, selling the weeding as a per-acre service to commercial vegetable growers on the US West Coast.Future Farming

• What they build

  Jetty is Tensorfield's field robot: it performs herbicide-free precision thermal weeding in high-density vegetable row crops such as carrots and spring mix, using computer vision to identify weeds and then micro-dosing them with high-temperature vegetable oil.Future Farming

• Where they stand

  Future Farming and World FIRA named Jetty one of five finalists for the Ag Robot of the Year 2024 award.Future Farming

• Who they sell to

  Tensorfield sells to organic carrot and leafy-green growers and other specialty row-crop growers on the US West Coast; AgFunder reported paid trials with organic carrot growers.AgFunderNews

• Who runs it

  Xiong Chang runs Tensorfield as chief executive and co-founder. He previously worked in manufacturing engineering and Lean Six Sigma optimization at GE.embeddedvisionsummit.com

• How they price it

  Tensorfield prices Jetty as a service rather than selling the machine: a $50 fixed fee per acre plus $0.005 per weed, with a $200 floor and $1,500 ceiling per acre.Future Farming