Electric
Sheep, an outdoor maintenance company
powered by artificial intelligence and robotics, has acquired two landscaping businesses: Phenix Landscape and Complete Landscaping.
Electric Sheep acquires
traditional outdoor service providers and transforms operations
by deploying its proprietary AI software and robots. For 2023, Electric Sheep is
on track to grow its revenue eight times its original figure since implementing this
model.
“We are aggressively exploring landscaping
businesses in the top 50 metro areas with a high rate of growth and plenty of
turf to maximize the impact of automating mowing,” says Nag Murty, CEO and co-founder of Electric Sheep.
“The businesses we are focused on right
now have great facilities, a strong team, well maintained equipment, and a
solid customer base where we can automate operations and expand,” says Jarrett Herold, chief operating officer and co-founder of Electric Sheep. “Both Phenix
and Complete met all of that criteria, and we are excited to integrate and
inject our AI-based robots into these businesses under Electric Sheep to really
accelerate efficiencies on customer sites.”
Electric Sheep’s ML models are designed to
automate various physical tasks like mowing and sweeping and knowledge
work like inventory management, customer success and marketing. The robots
explore, map, navigate and manipulate the physical world around them, including
HOAs, parks, university campuses and more. Electric Sheep’s robots don’t
require an engineer on site – they can just be shipped to the site and begin
tasks alongside the crew. This is through Electric Sheep’s full
stack data channel and the large volume of data that the robots are continually
trained on.
“We are building Large World Models (LWMs)
to power robots with an AI brain so they can work in all types of outdoor
environments,” Murty says. “What Open AI did with language, Electric Sheep wants to do for
outdoor robotics – under the aircover of a profitable business model.”
“As AI makes inroads in vertical
industries, landscaping is just at the start of incorporating this technology
to automate very manual processes,” says Tom
Murray of Complete Landscaping. “As part of Electric
Sheep our customers are going to directly benefit from its proprietary AI
robots that streamline time-consuming tasks like mowing.”
“We are excited to join the Electric Sheep
team and our customers are thrilled to be working with such a forward-thinking
company utilizing AI technology to improve operations and efficiency,” says Derek Schendel of Phenix
Landscaping.