The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies AMP Robotics: 1 model, 3 deployments across 3 regions, $253.0M raised. 4 sources back the record.
CategoryIndustrial Robots
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
AMP Robotics develops AI-powered sortation systems for the waste and recycling industry. Founded in 2014 by Matanya Horowitz and headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, AMP has deployed over 400 AI-guided robotic sorting systems across North America, Europe, and Asia. Its AMP ONE system enables fully automated facility-level sortation of municipal solid waste, with key customer Waste Connections operating AMP-equipped facilities.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Total fundingsee investors →
Deployed systems
Items sorted
AI-guided recycling sortation
AMP Cortex and Neuron
Data & sources
Web sources
4
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company AMP Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Waste Connections1× joint
Most recent
- AMP Robotics x Waste Connections2020-01-01with Waste Connectionsoperating
AMP Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2025. Explore where AMP Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full AMP Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Matanya Horowitz Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Matanya Horowitzsolefounded 2015-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for AMP Robotics.
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)
- AMP Robotics3 deployments
Recent coverage
AMP Robotics in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every AMP Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
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- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BD Rowadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Comaudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Diakontdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- EFORT Intelligent Equipmentdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Epson Robotsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names AMP Robotics.
Financial state
- Total funding
- $253.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company AMP Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- AMP Robotics x Waste Connections2020-01-01with Waste Connectionsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Waste Connections1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- AMP Robotics x Waste ConnectionswithWaste Connectionsdeployment2020-01-01operating
Funding rounds (4)
AMP Robotics’s 4 disclosed rounds, $253M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series D2024-12-01
$91M(reported)
Investors: Congruent Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Soma Capital, Anthemis Group
- Series C2022-11-01
$91M(reported)
Investors: Congruent Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, GV (Google Ventures), Wellington Management, Atreides Management, March Capital
- Series B2021-01-04
$55M(reported)
Investors: XN, Sequoia Capital, Congruent Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, GV (Google Ventures), Wellington Management
- Series A2019-11-01
$16M(reported)
Investors: Sequoia Capital, Congruent Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Soma Capital, Anthemis Group, IA Capital Group
Timeline
Every recorded move in AMP Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries D funding round
2024-12-01Series D raising $91000000
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2022-11-01Series C raising $91000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2021-01-01Series B raising $55000000
PartnershipAMP Robotics x Waste Connections
2020-01-01AMP Robotics equips and operates AI-powered sorting facilities for Waste Connections, including a 62,000-ton-per-year facility in Commerce City, Colorado. Waste Connections has booked or deployed 50+ AMP high-speed robotics systems.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2019-11-01Series A raising $16000000
Key hireMatanya Horowitz joins as Founder & CEO
2015-01-01Matanya Horowitz appointed Founder & CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2025
AMP Cortex at Commerce City, Colorado, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2023
AMP Cortex at Cleveland
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2023
AMP Cortex at Atlanta
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-09
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for AMP Robotics.Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning AMP Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
AI Recycling: How AMP Robotics is transforming trash sorting
Fortune profiles AMP Robotics' AI-powered waste sorting technology and its expansion to fully automated recycling facilities.
AMP to Operate Waste Connections Recycling Facility with AI
AMP operates a first-of-its-kind fully integrated AI sorting facility for Waste Connections in Commerce City, Colorado, processing 62,000 tons per year.
AMP Raises $91 Million in Series D Funding to Revolutionize Waste
AMP raised $91M in Series D funding led by Congruent Ventures to scale its AI-powered waste sortation systems and AMP ONE facilities.
AMP Robotics raises $91M to accelerate deployment of recycling systems
AMP Robotics will use its $91M Series D to deploy AMP ONE systems designed to improve sortation of municipal solid waste.
Amp Robotics launches two secondary sorting facilities
AMP launched secondary sorting facilities near Atlanta and Cleveland to process difficult-to-recycle mixed plastics, paper, and metals.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/amp-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/amp-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2736e540-f187-40ca-9398-6e9e48dbffee
- Revision history: /companies/amp-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
Video
AMP Cortex™, a sorting robot driven by artificial intelligence, identifies and picks mixed plastics for recycling from a residue line in a material recovery fac
AMP Cortex™ picks and removes contaminants on an aluminum UBC QC line to support metal recycling operations. Visit our website: www.ampsortation.com
Napa Recycling & Waste Services has three AMP Cortex™ intelligent robotics systems installed, working to divert polypropylene, along with PET, HDPE, and cartons
AMP installs AMP Cortex units with little to no downtime, typically over a weekend. Get up and running quickly with industry-leading AI and robotics technology.
This video is from PAW Climate 2021 - the first ever conference on applications of machine learning to private-sector climate tech. The goal of the conference i
From AMP Robotics: Evergreen, one of the nation's leading plastics reclaimers, uses AMP Cortex intelligent robotics systems to sort green and clear PET bottles.
@AMPSortation , a company that creates AI-powered robots to organize recycling. . AMP’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform AMP NeuronTM uses cameras to scan
Republic Services’ Colorado Springs recycling center installed Southern Colorado’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-guided recycling robotic system, AMP Corte
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
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
AMP Robotics draws attention at the 54th percentile but verifies reality at the 70th percentile among industrial_robot robots. Hype Gap -16.5, 27th widest among industrial_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $253M raised. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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: Oct 21, 2026