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Aigen

Aigen makes Element, which is at stage 4 of 5: paying customers.

Website: aigen.io
Based in: United States
Latest milestone: 16 Sept 2026

01Robots

What Aigen makes

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ElementFarm · Solar-powered weeding robotStage 4 of 5 · Paying customersAigen's Element is a four-wheeled robot that runs on solar power and pulls weeds out of crop rows with a small hoe, with no chemicals. It works for 12 to 14 hours at a time without being plugged in.Working in sugar beet fields in Minnesota and North Dakota and cotton in California; Aigen says it has built more than 100 robots.The full record

02Track record

Every dated event

16 Sept 2026Milestone
Aigen launched the Element Gen 2 X4, which weeds both in and between crop rows, with fleets offered for the 2027 season. It said it had built more than 100 robots.
Aigen press release, 16 Sept 2026Company-reported
22 April 2025Milestone
Aigen launched a second-generation Element and said its robots would weed cotton at Bowles Farming Company in California's Central Valley in 2025.
Aigen press release (GlobeNewswire), 22 Apr 2025Company-reported
22 April 2025Milestone
Aigen opened orders for the Element gen2 for delivery to US farms in 2026.
Aigen press release (GlobeNewswire), 22 Apr 2025Company-reported
17 June 2024Milestone
Aigen brought 50 robots to sugar beet fields in Minnesota's Red River Valley, including a field of sugar beet growers' leader Neil Rockstad.
MPR News, 17 Jun 2024
19 March 2024Milestone
Aigen's 2024 and 2025 robots sold out in a day, according to Fast Company.
Fast Company, 19 Mar 2024Company-reported
13 Oct 2023Milestone
Aigen raised $12 million from investors including NEA and AgFunder.
GeekWire, 13 Oct 2023Company-reported
30 June 2023Milestone
Aigen launched its solar-powered Element weeding robot, with a sugar beet farmer near Fargo, North Dakota, planning to use it.
CNBC, 30 Jun 2023

03Money

How it's funded

Latest funding round we could confirm: Aigen raised $12 million in a Series A round from investors including ReGen Ventures and New Enterprise Associates. GeekWire, 13 Oct 2023

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