- Markets
- Vegetable production · Specialty crops · Vineyards · Nurseries
- Regions served
- Five continents
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Naio Technologies.
Naïo, founded in France in 2011, develops autonomous electric agricultural robots for vegetable, specialty crop, vineyard and nursery production. Its robots — Oz, Ted, Jo and Orio — operate across five continents. Matthias Carriere is General Manager.
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Overview
At a glance.
People
The team.
Matthias Carriere
General Manager
Field relationships · Naio Technologies
Customers & deployments.
Robot · Naio OZ
Brittany Chamber of Agriculture
Partner · Active · Government · FR
Brittany, France
Christophe Girard, technician, quoted on RTK-guided OZ routes.
Company deployment
CIVC
Partner · Active · Other · FR
Champagne, France
wine grapes
Co-developed with CIVC, IFV, Chambers of Agriculture, UC Davis and more.
Robot · Naio TED
Domaine du Gibeau
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · FR
Cognac area · Cognac, France
wine grapes (Cognac) · vineyard weeding
Renaud Friederich on Augmented Autonomy: no need to monitor a validated route.
Robot · Naio TED
IFV
Partner · Active · Research / university · FR
wine grapes
TED designed in collaboration with the IFV.
Robot · Naio OZ
Landaldea Farm
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · FR
France
organic vegetables · mechanical weeding
Pierre Saint-Jean: “Weeding with OZ saves us a lot of time and makes our lives easier.”
Company deployment
UC Davis ↗
Partner · Active · Research / university · US
Davis, California · California
UC Davis listed among long-standing technical partners.
Company deployment
480 commercial units
Customer · Active
5 continents
480 robots sold, all made in France, operating across 5 continents.
Robot · Naio ORIO
Betteravia Farms
Trial · Ended · Grower / farm · US
Santa Maria, California
vegetables · Dino weeding trial
Dylan Bognuda: “You just let the machine go, and it cultivates the field.”
Company deployment
15 commercial units
Trial · Ended
Salinas, Santa Maria, and Davis, California
US testing at 15 different commercial farms mainly in Salinas, Santa Maria, and Davis.
Company funding · Naio Technologies
Funding & investors.
Nov 5, 2025
Undisclosed
€6.4M EUR
After judicial recovery, the relaunched Naïo entity received a €6.4 million financing plan from Mirova, Bpifrance and ARIS Occitanie, including €3.5 million equity from Mirova.
- Mirova · Lead investor
- ARIS Occitanie
- Bpifrance
Dec 8, 2022
Undisclosed
€32.0M EUR
Naïo Technologies closed a €32 million ($33 million) growth raise led by Mirova, with returning shareholders and new regional funds M Capital and ARIS Occitanie.
Jan 9, 2020
Series A
€14.0M EUR
Naïo Technologies closed a €14 million Series A led by Bpifrance, with Pymwymic, Codema, Demeter and Capagro, to prepare robots for mass production.
Dec 22, 2015
Seed
€3.0M EUR
Naïo Technologies closed a €3 million first venture round with CapAgro, Emertec and WiSEED to scale vegetable-weeding robots.
Product family · 4 robots
The machines.
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Naio JO
Autonomous robot designed for mechanical weeding and maintenance in organic vegetable farms and market gardens
weeding / self drivingField sheet →
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Naio ORIO
Versatile autonomous tool carrier robot for mechanical weeding and crop maintenance in large-scale vegetable farms
weeding / self drivingField sheet →
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Naio OZ
Compact autonomous electric robot for vegetable growers. More than 35 compatible implements cover planting preparation, seeding, on-row and between-row weeding, crate carrying and trailer towing. Up to eight hours of operation. GNSS RTK navigation; growers create a field map at seeding and reuse it. Naïo is showing a new plug-planting implement for vegetable transplants at FIRA USA 2026 in Yakima.
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Naio TED
Autonomous vineyard robot designed for mechanical weeding and soil maintenance in vineyards
weeding / self drivingField sheet →
Categories · Naio Technologies
Where they work.
Updates
News & developments.
Product news · Oct 1, 2026
OZ: FROM PLANTING TO HARVEST ↗
naio-technologies.com
Matthias Carriere · General Manager
At FIRA USA 2026 in Yakima, Naïo is showing Oz with a new plug-planting implement for vegetable transplants, alongside weeding, seeding, cultivation, mowing and crop transport. Oz has more than 35 compatible implements, RTK field maps, up to eight hours of operation and almost 1 acre a day. Matthias Carriere, General Manager: “If you want to weed precisely, you first need to establish the crop precisely.”
Product news · Oct 1, 2026
OZ: from planting to harvest ↗
fira-usa.com
Matthias Carriere · General Manager
At FIRA USA 2026 in Yakima (20–22 October), Naïo is showing a new plug-planting implement for Oz vegetable transplants, extending the robot from weeding into crop establishment. More than 35 compatible implements now include plug planting, seeding, cultivation, mechanical weeding, mowing and crop transport. Up to eight hours of operation and almost 1 acre a day. Matthias Carriere, General Manager of Naïo: “If you want to weed precisely, you first need to establish the crop precisely. With Oz, we are connecting these two stages of the crop cycle.”
Appearances
In the field.
Company · Naio Technologies
EIMA International 2026 ↗
Nov 10, 2026 – Nov 14, 2026
Bologna, IT
exhibitor
Hall 32, Stand A/16.
Product · Naio OZ
FIRA USA 2026 ↗
Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026
Yakima, US
exhibitor
Naïo is an exhibitor at FIRA USA 2026 in Yakima and is showing Oz, including a new plug-planting implement.
Product · Naio OZ
FIRA USA 2026 ↗
Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026
Yakima, US
demo
Expo map places Naïo in the vegetable demo zone. Company Oz will be demonstrated at FIRA USA 2026, including plug planting.