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Zordi

Corporate marketagricultureCurated record
zordi.com

Autonomous greenhouse platform combining AI-driven crop management (AutoGrow 'brain') with proprietary scouting and harvesting robots ('hands and eyes'); scouting robot uses Robotics Foundation Models for continuous plant-health monitoring (pest, disease, nutrient deficiency detection); harvesting robot applies imitation learning and reinforcement learning for delicate strawberry picking, sorting, and packing; runs on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin edge modules with Isaac Sim / Omniverse used for simulation-based training; targets 80 % labour cost reduction in greenhouse operations.

HeadquartersBoston, US
Founded2020
Corporate funding$20M
Team1-10
Deployments2
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries B
FoundersGilwoo Lee (CEO, ML/robotics PhD; former Meta research scientist; MIT, CMU, UW), Casey Call (Co-founder & Head Grower, sixth-generation farmer; ex-Plenty head grower; Cornell/BU), Ryan Knopf (Co-founder & CTO, formerly Root AI), Suk Hwan Choi (Co-founder, modular construction expertise)
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedUS
Service footprintBoston-area HQ; R&D greenhouse in Oakfield NY; commercial greenhouse in Vineland NJ; partner farms in NJ and CA; produce sold to retail in NY and NJ
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineagriculture

Zordi Harvesting Robot

  • Picks, sorts and packs strawberries on-site; uses imitation learning and reinforcement learning for delicate fruit handling

    vendor-stated autonomous harvesting capability

    Claim source
Machineagriculture

Zordi Scouting Robot

  • Continuous autonomous plant-health monitoring using foundation models for pest, disease and nutrient deficiency detection

    vendor-stated autonomous scouting capability

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2024-11-26Wegmans (retail produce buyer, NY/NJ stores)grocery retailUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
2023-10-18Zordi (own commercial operation)autonomous strawberry greenhouse (high-tunnel commercial production)USNot disclosedAnnouncement
CA

Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordKhosla VenturesShinhan VenturesYanmar VenturesDSC InvestmentTech Council Ventures
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-09-23Selected for inaugural cohort of MassRobotics Physical AI Fellowship (with AWS and NVIDIA); engaged in bespoke engineering projects on foundation model development, simulation optimization, and edge deploymentThe AI Insider
2025-05-01Closed Series B (total $20M across multiple rounds) led by Khosla Ventures to accelerate Robotics Foundation Model development and next-generation scouting/harvesting robotsContain
2024-11-07Won $250,000 prize at Grow-NY 2024 food and agriculture competition (sixth annual, 20 finalists, $3M total prize pool); headquartered in Oakfield NY greenhouseGrow-NY
2023-10-18Emerged from stealth with $20M Khosla Ventures raise; launched second commercial autonomous greenhouse in Vineland, NJiGrow News
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Source ledger

6 unique public sources

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Yanmar Ventures Invests in AgTech Innovator Zordi to Revolutionize Greenhouse FarmingF&A Next · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Zordi Series B and May 2025 Indoor Agriculture DevelopmentsContain · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Zordi Secures $20M in Funding & Launches Second GreenhouseiGrow News · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Taste of Success: Zordi Plants AI and Robotics to Grow Flavorful Strawberries IndoorsNVIDIA · retrieved 2026-07-05
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MassRobotics, AWS and NVIDIA Launch Physical AI Fellowship to Speed Robotics From Lab to FieldThe AI Insider · retrieved 2026-07-05
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2024 Winners: Grow-NYGrow-NY · retrieved 2026-07-05