With a declining available labor pool and sky-rocketing eCommerce sales there is a shortage of over half a million warehouse workers. Finding reliable warehouse labor now ranks among the highest pain points for retailers as they attempt to maintain business continuity and simultaneously scale their fulfillment operations. Today, Nimble robots are deployed in fulfillment centers across the United States picking over 100,000 items per day for customers including several Fortune 500 retailers.Ĭatalyzed by the Covid-19 pandemic, eCommerce doubled in 2020, accelerating nearly 10 years of growth in the span of just a few months, according to McKinsey & Co. Nimble’s fleet of AI-powered robots intelligently pick, pack, and handle millions of products, spanning from apparel and electronics to beauty, general merchandise and grocery items. Nimble’s mission is to democratize affordable, on-demand fulfillment for every ecommerce retailer. Sebastian Thrun, Founder of GoogleX and Waymo (Google’s self-driving car division), co-founder of Udacity and CEO of Kitty Hawk, former Director of Stanford’s AI Lab (SAIL).Fei-Fei Li, Sequoia Professor Computer Science at Stanford University, Co-Director of Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), former Director of Stanford AI Lab (SAIL), former Chief Scientist of AI at Google Cloud, Twitter Board Director, and creator of ImageNet.The company also announced the appointment of AI industry pioneers to its Board of Directors: The capital raised will further accelerate the company’s hiring plans, product and technology development and scaling of robot deployments for its customers’ fulfillment operations. Nimble was founded from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon, is Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and the company is backed by investors including: Accel, Breyer Capital, Cedar Pine, DNS Capital, GSR Ventures and Reinvent Capital with notable individual board members including AI luminaries Fei-Fei Li, Sebastian Thrun and Marc Raibert.SAN FRANCISCO-( BUSINESS WIRE)- Nimble Robotics, Inc., a robotics and ecommerce fulfillment technology company, today announced a $50 million Series A financing led by DNS Capital and GSR Ventures with participation from Accel and Reinvent Capital among others. Nimble’s fleet of robots intelligently pick, pack, and handle millions of products, from apparel and electronics to health and beauty, general merchandise and consumer packaged goods (CPG) for brands like Best Buy, Victoria’s Secret, PUMA, iHerb, Adore Me and others. Nimble’s mission is to invent the autonomous supply chain using next-gen AI robotics to power the future of fast, efficient, and sustainable commerce. "I am excited to work with Simon, Sebastian, Fei-Fei and the rest of Nimble's remarkable team to help them further advance and scale the AI robotic systems they are developing for logistics," Raibert commented. After founding Boston Dynamics in 1992 as a spin-out from MIT, he led the company to become a global leader in robotics, creating cutting-edge systems such as BigDog, Atlas, Handle and commercialized robots Spot and Stretch. Raibert brings to Nimble more than three decades of experience in research, development and commercialization of advanced robotics. Marc Raibert, Founder and Chairman of Boston Dynamics, Executive Director of the Boston Dynamics AI Institute, and formerly professor at MIT and Carnegie Mellon. Formerly Director of Stanford’s AI Lab (SAIL). Co-founder of Udacity and CEO of KittyHawk. Sebastian Thrun, Founder of Google X and Waymo (Google’s self-driving car subsidiary). Former Chief Scientist of AI at Google, Director of Stanford’s AI Lab, and Board Director at Twitter. With this appointment, Nimble’s Board of Directors includes:įei-Fei Li, Co-Director of Stanford’s AI Institute, White House AI Task Force Member and creator of ImageNet. We are thrilled to add his knowledge and guidance to our already impressive board," said Simon Kalouche, founder and CEO of Nimble. "Marc is an icon in the robotics world and he has been an inspiration to me for many years. This appointment further demonstrates the company's unwavering dedication to inventing the next generation of intelligent robotic systems. SAN FRANCISCO, April 03, 2023-( BUSINESS WIRE)- Nimble, an autonomous logistics and AI robotics company, today announced the appointment of Marc Raibert to its board of directors. The company strengthens its iconic team of AI Robotics luminaries
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