The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Cytronic: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $13.5M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Overview
San Francisco-based robotic fulfillment company that operates automated warehouses for direct-to-consumer ecommerce brands. Founded by Kevin Gibbon (previously founder of Shyp and Airhouse) and Scott Moen, Cytronic combines proven robotic arms and storage hardware with proprietary orchestration software to offer fulfillment-as-a-service. Its first facility is operating in Chicago, with a Dallas location planned.
Reality check
Product (company-claimed)
Vertically integrated robotic fulfillment warehouses for independent brands.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeed post-money
Key facts
Founders (reported, unconfirmed)
Seed (reported, Jul 2026)
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Cytronic on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jul 2026. Explore where Cytronic's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Cytronic deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Kevin Gibbon CEO & Co-founderSEC-verified
- Scott Moen CTO & Co-founderSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Kevin Gibboncofounder
- Scott Moencofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cytronic.
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)
- Cytronic2 deployments
Recent coverage
Cytronic in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every Cytronic competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ASUSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allonicdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Cytronic.
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $13.5M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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 (1)
- Seed2026-07-15
$14M · $54M post
Investors: Slow Ventures (lead), Geek Ventures, Failup Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, Spacecadet Ventures, Weekend Fund, Mana Ventures, Rice Capital, Script Capital
Timeline
Every recorded move in Cytronic’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2026-07-15Seed raising $13500000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 17, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 15, 2026
Cytronic Fulfillment System at Chicago
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 15, 2026
Cytronic Fulfillment System at Dallas
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cytronic.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Reeman4 models
- Savoye4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Cytronic from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Cytronic Raises $13.5M in Seed Funding to Build Fulfillment Robotics Systems
Cytronic raised $13.5M in seed funding led by Slow Ventures to build robotic fulfillment centers for DTC ecommerce brands, with facilities in Chicago and Dallas.
Building the Fulfillment Network Brands Deserve
Company announcement: Cytronic unveils its robotic fulfillment-as-a-service model, combining proven robotic hardware with proprietary software, with its first facility in Chicago…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/cytronic.md
- RSS feed: /companies/cytronic/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4c127426-878c-43e8-b34b-1e79bb454723
- Revision history: /companies/cytronic/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Reeman4 models
- Savoye4 models
Video
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Kevin Gibbon, CEO and co-founder at Cytronic, has built a 3PL that makes DTC ecommerce fulfillment faster, cheaper, and better. The secret? Automation. In thi
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
Cytronic draws attention at the 42nd percentile but verifies reality at the 48th percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap -6.4, 37th widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. 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 16, 2026