Pickle Robot

• Pickle Robot

Supply chain relationships

• KUKA

  Inbound - Robot Platform - Pickle Robot incorporates a six-axis KUKA arm in its truck-unloading robot

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• Ambi Robotics

  Outbound - Equipment - Pickle Robot supplies Pickle robotic trailer-unloading system for AmbiStack palletizing workflow

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• 2024-11-20 - Series B - $50M - Pickle Robot raises USD 50M Series B

  source: picklerobot.com

• 2024-11-20 - Series B - $50M - Pickle Robot raises $50 million Series B and books 30+ unload robots

  Pickle Robot announced a $50 million Series B and said six customers ordered more than 30 production unload robots for deployment in the first half of 2025. - source: picklerobot.com

• 2022-11-15 - Series A - $26M - Pickle Robot raises $26 million Series A

  Pickle Robot raised $26 million in Series A financing as it began live truck-unloading deployments in Southern California. - source: globenewswire.com

• 2021-04-14 - Seed - $5.8M - Pickle Robot raises $5.75 million seed round

  Pickle Robot raised a reported $5.75 million seed round to develop and commercialize its package-handling robots. - source: techcrunch.com

• Catapult Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-11-15 - latest 2024-11-20
• Ranpak - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-11-15 - latest 2024-11-20
• Third Kind Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-04-14 - latest 2024-11-20
• BoxGroup - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-04-14
• Hyperplane - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
• Hyperplane Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-04-14
• JS Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-11-15
• One Madison Group - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-20
• 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
• 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
• Toyota AI Ventures - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2021-04-14
• Toyota Ventures - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2024-11-20
• Version One Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-04-14

• 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.

Events

• 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.

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• 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 adoption. The company said its unload systems had been operating at production capacity since summer 2023 and had unloaded more than 10 million pounds of merchandise.

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• 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 Corporation. The company planned to expand commercial deployment of its AI-enabled unload system and reduce difficult manual work inside floor-loaded trailers.

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• 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 conventional fixed automation difficult. The financing supported development of perception and manipulation software intended to let the robots work safely alongside warehouse employees.

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Relationships

• Ambi Robotics

  Workflow Integration Partner - Ambi Robotics and Pickle Robot integrated trailer unloading with AmbiStack palletizing for receiving workflows.

• United Exchange Corporation

  Deployment Customer - Pickle Robot operated its truck-unloading system in a live pilot with United Exchange Corporation.

Market context

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.

Context tags

• Truck-unloading robotics - Workflow - Pickle builds and deploys robots specifically for trailer unloading.
• Dock-door automation - Customer Environment - Pickle systems install at warehouse dock doors for inbound unloading.
• Warehouse Automation - Customer Environment - Warehouse automation is background context; truck unloading and dock-door handling define the matching lane.