Overview
Greyparrot is a London-based AI waste analytics company founded in 2019 that uses computer vision to monitor and optimize waste sorting in material recovery facilities. Its Greyparrot Analyzer camera units have been deployed across 20+ countries, processing over 52 billion waste objects in 2025. The company partners with major waste operators including Veolia, Suez, and Biffa, and was named TIME's Best Inventions 2025.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
CEO & Co-Founder
Mikela Druckman
Co-Founders
Ambarish Mitra, Nikola Sivacki
Founded
February 2019
Units deployed
250+ Analyzer units across 20+ countries
Waste objects analyzed
52 billion+ in 2025 (477B detections)
Key customers
Veolia, Suez, Biffa, Bollegraaf Group
Financial stage
Growth (Series A + strategic investment, revenue-generating)
Awards
TIME Best Inventions 2025, CB Insights AI 100 2024, Fast Company MIC 2025
Hero image candidate
greyparrot.ai (source: press kit)
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
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Greyparrot on the deployment map
Where Greyparrot's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Mikela Druckman CEO & Co-FounderSEC-verified
- Ambarish Mitra Co-FounderSEC-verified
- Nikola Sivacki Co-Founder and Head of Deep LearningSEC-verified
Founders (3)
- Mikela Druckmanno longer at company
- Ambarish Mitrano longer at company
- Nikola Sivackino longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Greyparrot.
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
Greyparrot in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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.
Partnerships (2)
- Greyparrot x Waste Robotics with Waste Roboticstechnology
- Greyparrot x Bollegraaf Group with Bollegraaf Groupinvestment
Funding rounds (3)
- Strategic2024-02-07
$13M(reported)
Investors: Bollegraaf Group (lead)
- Series A2022-05-24
$11M
Investors: Una Terra (lead), Closed Loop Partners, Speedinvest, Unreasonable Collective, 360 Capital, Archipelago Eco Investors, Accelerating Growth Fund, TI Capital
- Seed2020-05-28
$2M
Investors: Speedinvest (lead), 360 Capital, Innovate UK
Sources (3)
- https://www.greyparrot.ai/
- Why we're on a mission to increase resource recovery · https://www.greyparrot.ai/about-us
- UK AI startup Greyparrot bags strategic tie-up with recycling giant Bollegraaf · https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/greyparrot-bollegraaf/
Common questions
- What is Greyparrot?
- Greyparrot is a London-based AI waste analytics company founded in 2019 that uses computer vision to monitor and optimize waste sorting in material recovery facilities. Its Greyparrot Analyzer camera units have been deployed across 20+ countries, processing over 52 billion waste objects in 2025. The company partners with major waste operators including Veolia, Suez, and Biffa, and was named TIME's Best Inventions 2025.
- What does Greyparrot make?
- Greyparrot has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Greyparrot Analyzer (Greyparrot builds robot foundation models or autonomy software).
- Who competes with Greyparrot?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Greyparrot building in the same form factors include DJI, Boston Dynamics, Robotphoenix, Lightwheel.
- Who is the CEO of Greyparrot?
- Mikela Druckman is the ceo of Greyparrot, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Greyparrot headquartered?
- Greyparrot is headquartered in London, UK.
- Where does Greyparrot operate robots?
- Greyparrot 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 Greyparrot a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Greyparrot ranks in roughly the top 40% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Greyparrot founded?
- Greyparrot was founded in 2019.
- Is Greyparrot safe?
- Greyparrot 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 · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-16
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-16
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Greyparrot.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Greyparrot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Waste Robotics and Greyparrot form partnership
Canadian company Waste Robotics partners with Greyparrot to use the Greyparrot Analyzer for material stream characterization and automated robotic sorting optimization.
UK AI startup Greyparrot bags strategic tie-up with recycling giant Bollegraaf
Dutch recycling giant Bollegraaf Group makes a $12.8M strategic investment in Greyparrot, transferring its AI vision team and making Greyparrot the AI engine for all future…
How Greyparrot used AI to track and sort post-consumption materials
Interview with CEO Mikela Druckman on how Greyparrot uses AI computer vision to track and sort post-consumption waste materials at scale.
Greyparrot raises $11M Series A funding
Greyparrot closes $11M Series A led by Una Terra to digitize the waste management industry, with participation from Closed Loop Partners, Speedinvest, and others.
Greyparrot bags $2.2M seed to scale its AI for waste management
London-based Greyparrot raises $2.2M in seed funding to scale its AI-powered computer vision waste analytics platform for recycling facilities.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/greyparrot.md
- RSS feed: /companies/greyparrot/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c51c8611-199f-4b79-aa3a-1d946ac8ecb4
- Revision history: /companies/greyparrot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Video
Greyparrot is building computer vision systems for the waste management industry. The TC Top Picks program showcases outstanding early-stage startups across th
This waste recognition API enables sorting of waste types including glass, cardboard, newspaper, paper, cans (tin, aluminium), plastics (black trays, PET, HDPE)
Bollegraaf, the World’s largest builder of recycling facilities teams up with AI waste analytics leader, Greyparrot, to make thousands of recycling plants more
At Greyparrot, we digitise waste flows using AI-based computer vision to monitor and sort waste at scale. Greyparrot provides waste analytics and new insights p
Introducing the next-gen Greyparrot Analyzer! 🚀 Made from recyclable materials and 10-15% more energy-efficient, this AI-powered unit transforms recycling with
AI-based computer vision is enabling new ways to increase recycling and recovery rates by introducing digitisation and automation to waste management. The MRF (
111 categories. Zero guesswork. With our AI’s expansive waste recognition library, every object on the conveyor can tells its story. Analyzer is making the wor
Unlocking Waste Management Potential with Greyparrot
A look at how Viridor and Suez use AI to improve their sorting efficiency. We cover the results they’ve achieved so far, and the lessons they’ve learned along t
Step into the shoes of a facility operator using the world’s most powerful AI waste analytics system 💡 Our facility simulator game is live at our stands at IF
IFAT 2026 was a whirlwind: hundreds of conversations, one very British happy hour, and a new simulator game that gave visitors the chance to run an AI-powered r
We’re putting waste intelligence at the centre of the conversation. From broadcast studios to podcasts and top tier publications, the world is paying attention
Events like Resource & Waste Management Expo (RWM Expo) set the stage for conversations about the future of Waste Intelligence technology - and recycling as a w
Reality vs attention
Greyparrot draws attention at the 50th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
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 17, 2026