The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies 6 River Systems: 1 model, 3 deployments across 2 regions, $483.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.
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 VERIFIEDAcquisitionAcquired by Ocado Group
Key facts
Robot
Scale
Stage
Customers
Founders
Data & sources
News coverage
2
Web sources
1
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →6 River Systems on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where 6 River Systems's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full 6 River Systems deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Jerome Dubois Co-founder & CEOreported, not verified
- Christopher Cacioppo Co-founder & CTOreported, not verified
Founders (3)
- Jerome Duboiscofounderfounded 2015-01-01no longer at company
- Rylan Hamiltoncofounderfounded 2015-01-01no longer at company
later founded Blue Water Autonomy
- Christopher Cacioppocofounder
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.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- 6 River Systems3 deployments
Recent coverage
6 River Systems in third-party press
Peers
88 peers across 2 segments. Every 6 River Systems competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
amr(85)
53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%
warehouse amr(3)
- Locus Roboticsdirect competitor(reported)strong
- Geek+direct competitor(reported)moderate
- GreyOrangedirect competitor(reported)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $483.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (3)
6 River Systems’s 3 disclosed rounds, $483M in total, oldest to newest.
- Acquisition (Shopify)2019-10-01
$450M(reported) · $2.3B post
Investors: Shopify (strategic) (lead)
- Series B2018-01-01
$25M(reported) · $200M post
- Series A2016-01-01
$8M(reported) · $48M post
Acquisitions (2)
- acquired by Ocado Groupfull acquisition2023-07-01
- acquired by Shopifyfull acquisition2019-09-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in 6 River Systems’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: SICK AG
2026-08-23Supply: SICK sensors for 6 River AMRs from SICK AG
New supplierNew supplier: Kollmorgen
2026-08-23Supply: Drive motors for AMR platforms from Kollmorgen
Acquired byAcquired by Ocado Group
2023-07-01Acquired by Ocado Group (full_acquisition)
Funding roundAcquisition (Shopify) funding round
2019-10-01Acquisition (Shopify) raising $450000000
Acquired byAcquired by Shopify
2019-09-01Acquired by Shopify (full_acquisition)
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2018-01-01Series B raising $25000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2016-01-01Series A raising $8000000
Key hireRylan Hamilton joins as Co-founder & co-CEO
2015-01-01Rylan Hamilton appointed Co-founder & co-CEO
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2025
Chuck at USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Chuck at Waltham
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 14, 2021
Chuck at Milton Keynes
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 14, 2021
Chuck at Stoke-on-Trent
Sources (3)
- Ocado acquisition (independent) · https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/08/shopify-sells-6-river-systems-to-new-owner/ · 2023-05-08
- $450M -> $12.7M value destruction · https://www.therobotreport.com/shopify-suffers-huge-loss-on-6-river-systems-sale/ · 2023-05-08
- Original $450M acquisition (primary) · https://www.shopify.com/news/shopify-to-acquire-6-river-systems · 2019-09-09
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for 6 River Systems.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning 6 River Systems from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
6 River Systems Is Now OMRS - Ocado Mobile Robot System
Acquired by Ocado Group in 2023, 6 River Systems is now the Ocado Mobile Robot System (OMRS), providing warehouse automation solutions.
Shopify suffers huge loss on 6 River Systems sale
Ocado acquired 6 River Systems from Shopify for 2.7M, far less than the 50M Shopify originally paid. Founded by Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, and Chris Cacioppo.
Ocado acquiring 6 River Systems from Shopify
Ocado Group is acquiring autonomous mobile robot maker 6 River Systems from Shopify, rebranding it as the Ocado Mobile Robot System (OMRS).
Ocado Group Announces Agreement To Acquire 6 River Systems
Ocado Group announced an agreement with Shopify to acquire 6 River Systems, the autonomous mobile robot maker for warehouse fulfillment.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/6-river-systems.md
- RSS feed: /companies/6-river-systems/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7908dc4c-836d-4e60-9873-1c2642c837c4
- Revision history: /companies/6-river-systems/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
Video
Watch as a Packsize EM7 integrates with 6 River robots to deliver boxes to packaging stations.
Mobile Sort stations consist of smart kiosks — mobile put-to-light walls with validation sensors that work with 6RS’ cloud-based software and 6RS collaborative
For ProMat this week, 6 River Systems launched a new interactive demo of their person to goods fulfillment system. At the heart of 6 River Systems is their AMR:
http://RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com [:-:] In this interview, Fergal Glynn talks about 6 River Systems, a warehouse automation company which has released a ro
6 River Systems knows that fulfillment is key to customer satisfaction. Starting with Chuck, a collaborative mobile robot, 6 River Systems is building fulfillme
6 River Systems Fergal Glynn VP Marketing at Automate 2019
Jerome Dubois and Rylan Hamilton, co-founders and co-CEOs of 6 River Systems talk to Vinnie Mirchandani of Deal Architect about their Chuck warehouse robots and
Guy Courtin, Head of Global Alliances at 6 River Systems, presents to Vinnie Mirchandani of Deal Architect about "Chuck" - their collaborative mobile robot and
In this episode of The New Warehouse, Jerome DuBois who has15 years of experience in the mobile robotics and warehousing industry talks about the evolution of
Greg Walls of 6 River Systems joins the show to discuss warehouse robots, automation, AI, and machine learning. Visit 6 River Systems - https://6river.com/ G
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
6 River Systems draws attention at the 17th percentile but verifies reality at the 69th percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap -51.8, 54th widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026