Top talent to make vision-based autonomy practical, powerful, and accessible for farmers everywhere
SAN JOSE, CA / August 21, 2025 / Bonsai Robotics Inc. ("Bonsai"), the leader in AI-first, vision-based autonomy software for agriculture, today introduces its expanded executive team - an experienced group of leaders with deep expertise spanning agriculture, robotics, artificial intelligence, and engineering - to deliver the next generation of intelligent, easy-to-use farm machines.
Bonsai's vision is grounded in a core belief: autonomy in agriculture must evolve beyond narrow point solutions toward robust, end-to-end systems that tackle the labor, cost, and efficiency challenges growers face today. By integrating its state-of-the-art AI and computer vision models into existing equipment or its next generation machines, Bonsai is building a platform that enables consistent, real-world performance across crops, tasks, and terrain without burdening farmers with the complexity of robotics.
"We're transforming the industry from iron to software, and that requires a first-in-class leadership team," said Tyler Niday, co-founder and CEO. "This new team unlocks the opportunity to design, build, and deploy the next generation of machines - built AI-first, field-tested, and ready for real-world agriculture."
A Seasoned Team with a Track Record of Transformation
The team has already demonstrated strong results in high-value specialty crops, delivering tools that address real labor shortages, improve consistency, and reduce cost per acre. With its unified vision and proven track record, Bonsai is well-positioned to lead the next era of agricultural automation.
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Tyler Niday, Co-Founder & CEO
Former engineering leader at Blue River and John Deere. -
Ugur Oezdemir, Co-Founder & CTO
Vision-based autonomy leader at Airbus, Blue River, and John Deere. -
John Teeple, Chief Operating Officer
Former Director of Technology at John Deere; launched Deere Labs and led precision ag strategy. -
Matt Pigeon, Chief Financial Officer
Veteran financial leader with experience at Sientra, Inogen, and Bexson Biomedical. -
Gary Bradski, Chief Science Officer
Founder of OpenCV; a pioneer in computer vision and real-time machine perception. -
Brendan Dowdle, Chief Business Officer
Former CEO of farm-ng; now leading commercial strategy and operations. -
Arlen Frew, Chief Revenue Officer
Go to market executive with 20+ years of experience at Akamai, Zscaler, and other enterprise leaders.
Full-Stack Autonomy, Purpose-Built for the Field
Bonsai is developing an integrated autonomy stack from core vision models and path planning to intuitive human interfaces and robust hardware integrations. The company's platform will perform tasks or complete missions on its own in dynamic, uncertain environments without human control or constant supervision.
The Bonsai platform supports:
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Vision-based autonomy that performs reliably in dust, darkness, and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-denied environments.
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All farm equipment from new or legacy machinesbuilt by original manufacturers to next generation form factors like the modular, and electric Bonsai Amiga.
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Cross-equipment orchestration of all machines under one unified system
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Informed decision making with actionable data insights that drive ROI
By solving for the variability that defines agriculture - terrain, crop architecture, weather, and more - Bonsai's AI-first systems are uniquely capable of scaling across diverse use cases and farm types.
About Bonsai Robotics
Bonsai Robotics is reimagining the agricultural industry with its AI-first platform that makes autonomous farming affordable, easy to use, and deployable across all farm equipment - whether retrofitted onto existing machines or built into next generation solutions. Its acquisition of farm-ng in 2025 combines its leading, vision-based autonomy software with modular, electric robotics to deliver next-generation machines adaptable for a wide range of crops, tasks, and environments. Bonsai empowers growers to monitor and manage all farm equipment - new or legacy, autonomous or not - through a single, intuitive app. Learn more at www.bonsairobotics.ai
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