Farm
Iron Ox added a farm in Gilroy, California, and was selling to stores including Whole Foods and Bianchini's Market.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Iron Ox robotic greenhouse's stage
What the source says
“including some big names like Whole Foods and smaller operations like Bianchini's Market.”
What it means
Iron Ox robotic greenhouse, from Iron Ox, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Iron Ox robotic greenhouse
- Iron Ox cut 50 jobs, nearly half its staff, to focus on its core engineering work and stretch its cash.
- Iron Ox launched a new mobile robot, Grover, and had broken ground on a 535,000-square-foot indoor farm in Texas.
- Iron Ox raised $53 million, led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, bringing its total to $98 million.
- Iron Ox opened its first fully autonomous farm in California, growing greens such as romaine, butterhead and kale.