Pickle Robot
Pickle Robot builds AI-enabled robots that unload floor-loaded trailers and containers in warehouses and distribution centers. Its production systems combine perception, manipulation and adaptable handling software to move mixed freight while working alongside logistics teams.
Market context
Pickle Robot builds AI-enabled robots that unload floor-loaded trailers and containers in warehouses and distribution centers. Its production systems combine perception, manipulation and adaptable handling software to move mixed freight while working alongside logistics teams.
Facts
- Website: https://www.picklerobot.com/
- HQ: Cambridge, United States
- Founded: 2018
- Segment: Warehouse Logistics
- Known funding rounds: 4
Investors
- Catapult Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
- Hyperplane - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
- One Madison Group - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
- Ranpak - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
- Strategic customer - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
- Teradyne Robotics Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
- Third Kind Venture Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
- Toyota Ventures - Participant - Corporate / Cvc - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2024-11-20
- JS Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-11-15
- Schusterman Family Investments - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-11-15
- Soros Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-11-15
- BoxGroup - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-04-14
- Hyperplane Venture Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-04-14
- Toyota AI Ventures - Participant - Corporate / Cvc - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2021-04-14
- Version One Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-04-14
Pickle provides remote exception support for its truck-unloading robots
Pickle provides remote exception support for its truck-unloading robots
- Deployment model: Pickle provides remote exception support for its truck-unloading robots
- Workflow context: Pickle provides remote exception support for its truck-unloading robots
- Source confidence: high
Events
- 2024-11-20 - Funding - Pickle Robot raises $50 million Series B and books 30+ unload robots - Pickle Robot said the $50 million Series B included Teradyne Robotics Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Ranpak and other investors. Six customers placed orders in Q3 2024 for more than 30 production robots, including pilot conversions, customer expansions and new ad…
- 2024-11-20 - Funding - Pickle Robot raises USD 50M Series B - Investors included Teradyne Robotics Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Ranpak, Third Kind Venture Capital, One Madison Group, Hyperplane and Catapult Ventures. The company said six customers placed orders in Q3 2024 for deployment in the first half of 2025.
- 2022-11-15 - Funding - Pickle Robot raises $26 million Series A - Ranpak, JS Capital, Schusterman Family Investments, Catapult Ventures and Soros Capital participated in the $26 million Series A. Pickle said its robots were operating in live pilot deployments around Los Angeles, including work with United Exchange Corporati…
- 2021-04-14 - Funding - Pickle Robot raises $5.75 million seed round - TechCrunch reported the seed financing as $5.75 million and described Pickle as an MIT-originated robotics company focused on package handling. The company was developing robots to unload floor-loaded trailers, where mixed cartons and shifting freight make co…
Team
- John Preston - VP of Strategic Initiatives - Preston leads strategic customer programs and fundraising work tied to Pickle Robot enterprise deployment growth.
- Jeff Evanson - Chief Financial Officer - Evanson leads Pickle Robot financial strategy as the company scales commercial deployments and manufacturing operations.
- AJ Meyer - Founder & CEO - Meyer leads Pickle Robot as it commercializes physical AI for truck unloading and logistics automation.
- Ariana Eisenstein - Founder & CTO - Eisenstein leads Pickle Robot technology commercialization across physical AI, robotics software, and customer-ready automation systems.
- Dan Paluska - Founder & VP of Robotics - Paluska contributes robotics strategy, recruiting, and technical direction for Pickle Robot truck-unloading automation.
- Pete Blair - VP of Product & Marketing - Blair leads product and market execution for Pickle Robot systems in warehouse and distribution-center workflows.
- Fred Hopke - VP of Engineering - Hopke leads engineering work for Pickle Robot warehouse automation systems and hardware scaling.
Context tags
- Warehouse Automation - Customer Environment - Profile QA supports Warehouse Automation.
- Autonomous warehouse picking - Workflow - Profile QA supports Autonomous warehouse picking.
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