Carbon Robotics Cuts Jobs Across US and International Teams
TL;DR
- Seattle ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics confirmed layoffs across multiple departments in the U.S. and internationally, without disclosing how many of its 275 employees were cut.
- VP of marketing Brett Goodwin attributed the reduction to a need to realign costs due to broader economic conditions.
- The LaserWeeder maker had told AgFunder it crossed $100 million in revenue and intends to pursue an IPO, after raising about $177 million from BOND, NVentures and Anthos Capital.
Carbon Robotics confirmed on Monday that it has cut staff across multiple departments in the United States and internationally, declining to say how many of its 275 employees were affected.
Vice president of marketing Brett Goodwin told GeekWire the Seattle ag-tech startup needed to "realign costs due to broader economic conditions." The company did not share a layoff total, a severance structure, or which overseas offices took the hit.
The cuts come at an odd moment. Carbon Robotics, founded in 2018 and led by chief executive Paul Mikesell, has raised about $177 million from BOND, NVentures and Anthos Capital, and recently told AgFunder it had crossed the $100 million revenue threshold. "It's our intention to get to the point that we're an independently publicly traded company, so that would involve going through an IPO," Mikesell said in that interview. The startup was named Next Tech Titan at the 2026 GeekWire Awards and ranks No. 8 on the GeekWire 200 index of Pacific Northwest startups.
Its signature product is the LaserWeeder, a machine pulled behind a tractor that uses AI to detect and map plants in fields and then eliminate weeds with lasers.
Originally reported by geekwire.com
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