Brumby blog · Jul 2026
Official rebrand announcement: same team, same product, same mission, with the company moving to brumby.com and @brumby.com email addresses.
Robot Cowboys that Herd Cattle with AI Drones
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
GrazeMate, now rebranded as Brumby, is a YC W26 agtech startup building autonomous drone systems that herd and monitor cattle and support precision grazing.
Primary product
Autonomous drone system for cattle herding, monitoring, and pasture analytics
Founded
2025
Headquarters
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
Sub-industry
AgTech / livestock management
Offices
Proserpine, Queensland, Australia
Business model
hardware lease
monthly software subscription
pilot/demo services
Funding
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$1.2M
Latest round
Pre-seed · Jan 2026
Latest amount
$1.2M
Jan 2026 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Work & culture
Small, highly technical, field-first team. Public hiring posts emphasize Sydney-based engineering, work in trucks and on the land, and a hands-on mentality built around serving graziers and ranchers.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public job posts show a Senior Robotics Engineer role at US$100K-$160K plus 0.25%-1.00% equity, and a Robotics Intern role at US$5K-$8K per month. No company-wide compensation policy is public.
Product & market
Pricing
Ranch-size-based pricing with drone leasing and monthly software fees; public sources say pricing depends on ranch size and cattle count.
Differentiators
- —Autonomous herding without a human operator in the loop
- —Behavior-aware reinforcement learning that adapts to cattle response
- —Combines mustering with monitoring of weights, grass biomass, water levels, and fences
- —One drone can scale across large grazing operations
- —Operates in remote areas with local base-station mode when internet is unavailable
- —Designed to reduce mustering labor, time, and stress
- —Precision-grazing workflow from a phone app
Technology
autonomous drones
reinforcement learning
computer vision
mobile app control
edge computing
DJI drone hardware
AWS
Stripe
thermal and multispectral sensors
AI analytics
Customers
large cattle ranches and grazing operations
ranch managers exploring rotational grazing
pilot farms in Queensland and New South Wales
large grazing operations in the United States
Competitors
Vence
Halter
NoFence
SkyKelpie
DroneDeploy
Skydio
DJI
Innogando
Ixorigue
Cowlar
Scale & contact
Latest news
Startup Daily · Feb 2026
Confirms the $1.2M raise, YC W26 participation, founder background, and pilot scale across large grazing areas.
Founded · Jan 2026
Profiles the founder story, the autonomous drone product, and expansion into U.S. ranch markets.
AgFunderNews · Jan 2026
Details the pre-seed round, product behavior-learning approach, monthly subscription/lease model, and pilot deployments across Queensland and New South Wales.
Forbes Australia · Jan 2026
Reports the $1.2M raise, led by Y Combinator with participation from NextGen Ventures and Antler, and describes the product as app-controlled autonomous cattle mustering drones.
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