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Dogtooth Technologies announces new Chairman, Jorge Heraud, to support customers in scaling

March 7, 2025

Portfolio Company, Dogtooth Technologies, has announced the appointment of Jorge Heraud as Chairman of the Board.

Having achieved a significant inflection point in robot productivity, Dogtooth are now equipping their first customers to adopt dexterous harvesting robots at scale.

Jorge co-founded and served as CEO of Blue River Technology, a company that uses computer vision and AI to detect plants individually and reduce chemical use. After Blue River was acquired by John Deere in 2017, he became their VP of Automation and Autonomy, leading a team of over 600 people.

Earlier in his career, he worked at Trimble Navigation International Ltd as Director of Engineering and Business Unit Director for Precision Agriculture. He holds master’s degrees in both engineering and business from Stanford University.

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