The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Gather AI: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $40.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
Gather AI is a Pittsburgh-based supply chain AI company founded in 2017 that develops autonomous inventory drones for warehouse management. The company uses AI-powered cameras and drones to decrease inventory costs, improve productivity, and boost revenue for supply chain operations. Gather AI raised $40M in Series B funding led by Smith Point Capital and has become the world's largest autonomous inventory management platform.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Robot
Technology
Scale
CEO
Co-founders
Total fundingsee investors →
Investorssee investors →
Product
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Gather AI on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2020. Explore where Gather AI's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Gather AI deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Sankalp Arora Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Daniel Maturana Co-founderreported, not verified
Founders (2)
- Sankalp Aroracofounder
- Daniel Maturanacofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Gather AI.
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)
- Gather AI1 deployment
Recent coverage
Gather AI in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- 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 (1)
- Series B2024-11-12
$40M(reported)
Investors: Smith Point Capital, Expa, Xplorer Capital, Tribeca Venture Partners
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2020
Gather AI Inventory Drone at Global (multiple sites)
Sources (1)
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- Senior Manager, HardwareEngineering
Pittsburgh, PA
- UX DesignerBusiness
Open to Remote (USA); Pittsburgh, PA
- Test TechnicianOperations
Pittsburgh, PA
- Director of QualityManufacturing
Pittsburgh, PA
- Principal Robotics Systems EngineerEngineering
Pittsburgh, PA
- Principal Machine Learning ScientistResearch & R&D
Open to Remote (USA); Pittsburgh, PA
+3 more open roles tracked
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Gather AI.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Gather AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Sankalp Arora On Raising $74 Million To Bring Real-Time Inventory Management
Gather AI CEO and co-founder Sankalp Arora discusses raising $74M total to bring real-time inventory management to supply chains.
Gather AI raises $40M Series B for warehouse drones
Gather AI raises $40M in Series B funding led by Smith Point Capital to scale its autonomous warehouse inventory drone platform.
Gather AI Becomes the Largest Autonomous Inventory Management Platform in the World
Gather AI announces it has become the largest autonomous inventory management platform globally, with its drones deployed across warehouses.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/gather-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/gather-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/69867a62-58f6-4abb-b00d-0bd52dbbb5d1
- Revision history: /companies/gather-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Reality vs attention
Gather AI draws attention at the 13th percentile but verifies reality at the 12th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +1, 58th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. 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: Aug 18, 2026