Aigen, Inc.
Redmond, Washington agtech company founded 2020 by Kenny Lee and Rich Wurden; builds the solar-powered Element robot for chemical-free row-crop weeding.
Aigen, Inc. is an agricultural robotics company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, co-founded by Kenny Lee, chief executive, and Rich Wurden, chief technology officer, who connected through the Work on Climate online community. Both founders describe a personal motivation to remove synthetic herbicides from farming through solar-powered autonomous machines.
The company's product is the Element, a solar-powered autonomous robot for mechanical weed control in row crops. Two robotic arms strike weeds at the soil surface to kill them without herbicide or root disturbance, while onboard cameras and depth sensors distinguish crop plants from weeds so the arms act selectively. A roughly 205-watt solar panel doubles as a wind sail and charges onboard batteries, letting the Element run more than 14 hours a day without an external power connection, with multiple units coordinating over a mesh network. A second-generation Element widened and raised the chassis to fit cotton, soy, and sugar-beet row spacing, and each robot reports weed pressure and crop-density data through a companion app.
Aigen sells the Element outright and pairs it with a fleet-coordination and data service. Investors include NEA, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cleveland Avenue, Onto Ventures, and SIG Private Equity, across rounds that a 2025 raise brought to roughly 33 million dollars in total.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Aigen Element
- Model: Element Gen 2
- Launch Year: 2023
Solar-powered autonomous weeding robot using mechanical arm thumping to eliminate weeds without herbicides in row crops.
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Contact Aigen, Inc.
WEBSITE
https://www.aigen.io/PHONE
+1 (855) 737-7645HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
2020
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Manufacturer
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Primary Region
North America
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