Zordi
About
About Zordi
Zordi builds and operates hydroponic greenhouses managed by autonomous environmental controls, mobile robots and AI. The system combines controlled growing conditions with robotic handling and machine-learning processes intended to maintain crop quality and yield across the growing cycle.
The company grows specialty strawberry varieties, picks them at peak ripeness and delivers them to customers within 24 hours through nearby stores. Zordi's business joins controlled-environment agriculture with robotic operations: greenhouse conditions, crop cycle, robot fleet and distribution network operate as one system, while automation hardware and deployment scale vary by facility.
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- NVIDIA
Inbound - Compute & Control - Zordi's agricultural robots run perception and control on Jetson AGX Orin
Source
Funding
- 2023-10-12 - Funding - $20M - Zordi secures $20M and opens second AI-powered robotic greenhouse
Zordi secured $20 million in funding and launched its second AI-powered robotic greenhouse in New Jersey. - source: hortidaily.com
Investors
- Khosla Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-10-12
Team
- Gilwoo Lee - Founder CEO, PhD - Leads autonomous greenhouse work at Zordi across robotics, AI and controlled-environment agriculture.
- Casey Call - Co-Founder and Head Grower - Brings grower operations and agronomy depth to the autonomous greenhouse platform at Zordi.
Timeline
Events
- 2023-10-12 - Funding - Zordi secures $20M and opens second AI-powered robotic greenhouse
Zordi emerged from stealth with $20 million in funding and a second autonomous greenhouse located in New Jersey. The company described an AutoGrow system paired with scouting robots for crop-care decisions, pest control, pruning and harvesting workflows. The event established Zordi as an ag-tech robotics company combining AI, greenhouse operations and mobile robotic crop monitoring.
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