- Markets
- Vegetable weeding · Spot spraying
- Regions served
- Norway · Sweden · Germany · Netherlands · Australia
MANUFACTURER FIELD SHEET / TFR / 21383
Kilter.
Norwegian manufacturer of the AX-1 precision weeding robot. Kilter AS is in Langhus. CEO Anders Brevik.
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Overview
At a glance.
People
The team.
Company funding · Kilter
Funding & investors.
Jan 27, 2026
Undisclosed
€6.5M EUR
Kubota led a €6.5 million pre-Series B in Kilter, with SBG Invest, Pymwymic and Nufarm, and agreed 2026 dealer distribution in Germany and the Netherlands.
- Kubota · Lead investor
- Nufarm
- Pymwymic
- SBG Invest
Nov 22, 2024
Series A
€9.0M EUR
Kilter raised NOK 95 million (€9 million) Series A co-led by Pymwymic and Nufarm, with SBG Invest, Natural Ventures and ProAgInvest.
- Nufarm · Co-lead investor
- Pymwymic · Co-lead investor
- Natural Ventures
- ProAgInvest
- SBG Invest
Product family · 1 robot
The machines.
Categories · Kilter
Where they work.
Video
In motion.
Kilter AX 1 Product Demo
Product demo · Kilter · vegetable row micro-droplet weeding demo at Kilter HQ, Norway
Podcasts
Podcasts.
Podcast · Kilter AX-1 · Apr 30, 2026
On securing 6.5M round, partnering with Kubota, and the 1-2yrs farmer ROI — Kristoffer Magnor, Kilter ↗
Investment Climate Podcast
Kristoffer Magnor · Managing Director
Kristoffer Magnor, Managing Director of Kilter, on the AX-1, a €6.5 million Kubota-led round, dealer distribution, and a 1-to-2 year farmer payback. Investment Climate Podcast episode 94, 30 April 2026, 34 minutes 38 seconds.
Updates
News & developments.
Product news · Oct 12, 2026
Kubota and Kilter strengthen their collaboration ↗
world-agritech.com
Kristoffer Magnor · Managing Director
Kubota signed a European framework agreement to sell and distribute the Kilter AX-1. Signed by Kristoffer Magnor, Managing Director of Kilter, and Shinichi Yamada, President of Kubota Holdings Europe. The AX-1 is already commercial in Germany and the Netherlands; France and the United Kingdom are among markets under evaluation. Spare parts are at Kubota’s European Parts Center in Thionville. Kilter’s 66 AX-1 robots are cited as having saved more than one million litres of herbicide.
Product news · Oct 10, 2026
Kubota Expands Kilter AX-1 Autonomous Spraying Robot Sales Across Europe ↗
tractorevolution.com
Kubota and Kilter have a new European distribution agreement for the AX-1 autonomous precision spraying robot. The machine is already operating commercially in Germany and the Netherlands. France and the United Kingdom are among the next markets. By October 2026, 66 AX-1 robots had been delivered. Kubota led Kilter’s €6.5 million pre-Series B in February 2026. Spare parts are stocked at Kubota’s European Parts Center in Thionville, France.
Product news · Oct 9, 2026
Kubota, Kilter expand AX-1 roll-out across Europe ↗
agritechinsights.com
Kristoffer Magnor · Managing Director
Kubota and Kilter formalised a European framework agreement, signed in late July by Kilter managing director Kristoffer Magnor and Kubota Holdings Europe president Shinichi Yamada, to expand AX-1 roll-out through Kubota’s dealer network, starting with France and the UK. No timeline is set. Kilter reports 66 AX-1 units in operation. Kubota’s European Parts Centre in Thionville, France, will stock Kilter spare parts.
Product news · Oct 1, 2026
What autonomous weeding taught Kilter ↗
futurefarming.com
Anders Brevik · CEO
AX-1 has helped farmers avoid spraying more than 1 million litres of herbicide mixture in under 8 months, across 5 countries. Kilter (Anders Brevik) says the figure is telemetry — droplets logged at 1 µL each — compared with what conventional broadcast spraying would have used on the same area.
Product news · Jan 3, 2026
Kilter introduces AX-1 precision weeding robot ↗
therobotreport.com
Kilter AS, Langhus. 6×6 mm SDT, 50 L tank, ~1 ha/h, up to 95% herbicide cut vs broadcast. Dry weight published there as 260 kg.
