The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Glacier: 1 model, $16.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryIndustrial Robots
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
Glacier is a San Francisco-based recycling robotics company developing AI-powered robotic systems that sort recyclable materials at material recovery facilities. Backed by Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, Glacier raised $16M in Series A funding to deploy its affordable AI robots that combine computer vision with robotics to improve recovery rates and bale purity.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Robot
Focus
Technology
Stage
Recognition
Total fundingsee investors →
Investor
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Rebecca Hu Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Areeb Malik Co-Founder & CTOsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Rebecca Hucofounder
- Areeb Malikcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Glacier.
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
Glacier in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every Glacier 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)strong
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BD Rowadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Comaudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Diakontdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- EFORT Intelligent Equipmentdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $16.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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 A2025-06-01
$16M(reported) · $96M post
Investors: Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, New Enterprise Associates
Timeline
Every recorded move in Glacier’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-06-01Series A raising $16000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Glacier.Peer companies
- Savoye5 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- DENSO Corporation2 models
- FANUC Corporation2 models
- KUKA AG2 models
- Mitsubishi Electric FA2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Glacier from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Who’s Actually Doing the Mapping in Places Few Dare to Go
Photo: Inside the biennial survey of Mont Blanc The geospatial industry does some of its most important work in the world’s most inhospitable places. The potential danger is high…
What does a changing climate sound like?
A warming climate brings plenty of visible changes, such as retreating glaciers and rising sea levels. Nikki Lindt is on a mission to capture its audible changes.
What we can actually do to save the planet
An ever-warming world, rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers — it’s easy to despair over the climate crisis. But scientist Tim Lenton says not every tipping point leads to doom.
Wildfire closes road to iconic Yosemite viewpoint
Yosemite National Park’s Glacier Point Road has been shut down due to wildfire smoke caused by the Dome Fire.
The melting Alaska glacier that wears the scars of climate change
Glacial floods are increasingly dangerous around the world.
I tried all the iPhone 18 Pro colors, and Burgundy isn’t the ‘it’ shade I’d tell you to pick this year
I went into my iPhone 18 Pro hands-on expecting Burgundy to steal the show, but the phone's lighter Glacier finish ended up being the far more interesting color to live with.
Himalayas approaching tipping point with millions of livelihoods at stake: report
As glaciers retreat, they are leaving behind unstable glacial lakes held back by little more than loose rock and ice.
Nepal glacier saw exceptional heat before collapse caused deadly floods, data shows
Average temperatures on the mountain glacier at an altitude of 5,200 meters were estimated at around 5 degrees Celsius between Aug. 21 and 26.
Fatal floods expose threats to hydropower in the roof of the world
A changing climate is bringing unstable glaciers and unpredictable rain, creating new risks and raising costs for hydropower projects.
Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.
Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
While the exact cause of the collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters.
Glacier collapse behind Nepal flood highlights region’s climate risk
Similar events are becoming more frequent as global warming accelerates the ongoing thaw in the Himalayas.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/glacier.md
- RSS feed: /companies/glacier/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2fe18d59-cc30-4ffb-a1fc-da52479afaf2
- Revision history: /companies/glacier/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Savoye5 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- DENSO Corporation2 models
- FANUC Corporation2 models
- KUKA AG2 models
- Mitsubishi Electric FA2 models
Video
Alaskans celebrate the Fourth of July by launching cars off a 300-foot cliff. Watch as their celebration goes full throttle. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mt9
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
Glacier draws attention at the 94th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among industrial_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Oct 2, 2026