![]() Read More : Alida Welcomes New Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Global Growth 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: They’ve developed an AI-powered product that makes integration fast and frictionless for their retail customers” Their robots have been picking reliably in production, at scale for over a year for some of the world’s largest retailers. “Nimble addresses both reliability and integration concerns. Read More : SalesTechStar Interview with Sam Zayed, Chief Revenue Officer at Conga 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 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 adds AI pioneers Fei-Fei Li and Sebastian Thrun to its Board
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