Company
Autonomous delivery-robot maker (Oakland CA; founded 2019 by ex-Google engineers) of six-wheeled sidewalk delivery robots (Courier) + a larger industrial Hauler; pivoted growth to industrial robotics (2025).
Based in Oakland, California, USA · Founded 2019 · 1 model on record
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- Data documentation: /data
Key facts
- Product
- Cartken Courier sidewalk delivery robot (+ industrial Hauler); U. Arizona campus, Uber Eats, Japan.
- Pivot
- Pivoted growth to industrial (Jul 2025); Melco ~100 Hauler SALE (Jun 2025).
- HQ
- Oakland, California, USA
- Founded
- 2019
- Status
- private (~$22.5M raised; Magna/Mitsubishi Electric-backed)
- Type
- both
- ID
1dc678d5-852c-4568-9ace-5814efb7cc4b
Models (1)
- Cartken Couriersidewalk
Supplies to
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Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Sources (4)
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/20/why-cartken-pivoted-its-focus-from-last-mile-delivery-to-industrial-robots/
- https://www.cartken.com/press-release/a-mitsubishi-electric-group-company-expands-partnership-with-cartken-and-orders-nearly-100-autonomous-cartken-hauler-robots-for-industrial-applications
- https://onsite.grubhub.com/blog/how-the-university-of-arizona-uses-grubhub-and-cartken-for-robot-delivery/
- https://www.cartken.com/press-release/cartken-announces-22-5m-in-aggregate-funding-to-advance-ai-based-technology-stack-enabling-autonomous-delivery-robots
Common questions
- What is Cartken?
- Autonomous delivery-robot maker (Oakland CA; founded 2019 by ex-Google engineers) of six-wheeled sidewalk delivery robots (Courier) + a larger industrial Hauler; pivoted growth to industrial robotics (2025).
- Where is Cartken based?
- Cartken is based in Oakland, California, USA.
- When was Cartken founded?
- Cartken was founded in 2019.
- What does Cartken make?
- Cartken has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Cartken Courier (Cartken builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does Cartken operate robots?
- Cartken is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.