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6 River Systems

American collaborative-AMR maker founded in 2015 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, known for its Chuck person-to-goods picking robot deployed across more…

Founded
2015
HQ
Waltham, Massachusetts, US
Status
Ocado Group subsidiary (acquired 2023)

CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics

Appears inLogistics robots

Overview

American collaborative-AMR maker founded in 2015 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, known for its Chuck person-to-goods picking robot deployed across more than 100 warehouses. Its ownership history is a cautionary tale: Shopify acquired it in September 2019 for about $450 million, then sold it to Ocado Group in 2023 for roughly $12.7 million, a reported loss of more than $437 million for Shopify, though Ocado noted the business was cash-flow positive with a solid client list. It now operates under Ocado Group.

Verified record

Verified deployments
3 deployments on file
Active incidents
None on file

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED
$13M (reported, approximate)as of Jul 2023

AcquisitionAcquired by Ocado Group

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Key facts

Robot

Chuck person-to-goods picking collaborative AMR

Scale

Deployed across more than 100 warehouses

Stage

Sold to Ocado Group in 2023 for roughly $12.7 million, now operates under Ocado Group

Customers

Reported to have a solid client list and be cash-flow positive per Ocado

Founders

Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Chris Cacioppo

Data & sources

News coverage

2

Web sources

1

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Current leadership (1)

Founders (2)

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Former / Previously (2)

  • Jerome Dubois Co-founder & co-CEOsince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
  • Rylan Hamilton Co-founder & co-CEOsince 2015-01-01secondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for 6 River Systems.

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Operated deployments (3)

Operator customers (1)

Recent coverage

6 River Systems in third-party press

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