Bluewhite

Bluewhite (formerly Blue White Robotics) was founded in 2017 by Ben Alfi, Yair Shahar, and Aviram Shmueli. The company maintains its research and development headquarters in Tel Aviv, while its primary US commercial and operational base is located in Fresno, California, in the heart of the Central Valley. Bluewhite is a private company; its most recent public funding was a $39 million Series C round announced in January 2024, led by Insight Partners, bringing total external funding to approximately $89 million. The company's core business is retrofitting standard agricultural tractors into fully autonomous, driverless fleets.

The company's offering centers on the Pathfinder hardware kit, which mounts lidar sensors, cameras, and computing units onto existing diesel tractors, and the Compass cloud software platform, which handles remote fleet management and mission planning. Bluewhite specifically targets permanent crop agriculture—such as orchards and vineyards—rather than row crops. This technology stack enables large growers to automate routine operations including spraying, mowing, and harvesting without needing to purchase newly manufactured autonomous vehicles.