Company
Gather AI
Gather AI is a Pittsburgh-based supply chain AI company founded in 2017 that develops autonomous inventory drones for warehouse management.
- Founded
- 2017
- HQ
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Status
- active
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Funding
$40.0M
Models
1
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
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Focus
US intralogistics-AI company with Carnegie Mellon roots
Robot
AI-powered autonomous inventory drones
Technology
Builds a real-time digital twin of the warehouse
Scale
Counts warehouse inventory roughly 25x faster at ~99.9% accuracy
CEO
Sankalp Arora (co-founder)
Co-founders
Sankalp Arora, Daniel Maturana, Geetesh Dubey, Robb Myer
Total funding
$74M (Series B: $40M)
Investors
Smith Point Capital (Series B lead), Expa, Xplorer Capital, Tribeca Venture Partners
Product
Gather AI Inventory Drone (autonomous warehouse inventory scanning)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Gather AI on the deployment map
Where Gather AI's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
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 →
Recent coverage
Gather AI in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 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
Sources (1)
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- 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
- Director of Machine LearningResearch & R&D
Pittsburgh, PA; Open to Remote (US)
+2 more open roles tracked
Common questions
- What is Gather AI?
- 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.
- What does Gather AI make?
- Gather AI has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Gather AI Inventory Drone (Gather AI builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with Gather AI?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Gather AI building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
- Where is Gather AI headquartered?
- Gather AI is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- How much funding has Gather AI raised?
- Gather AI has raised approximately $40M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does Gather AI operate robots?
- Gather AI 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.
- Is Gather AI a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Gather AI ranks in roughly the top 47% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Gather AI founded?
- Gather AI was founded in 2017.
- Is Gather AI safe?
- Gather AI has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
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
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 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
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Reality vs attention
Gather AI draws attention at the 25th percentile but verifies reality at the 20th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +5, 26th 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: Jul 14, 2026