Where is Nimble Robotics based?

Nimble Robotics is based in San Jose, CA.

When was Nimble Robotics founded?

Nimble Robotics was founded in 2019.

What does Nimble Robotics make?

Nimble Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Nimble Fulfillment Robot (Nimble Robotics builds physical robots).

Where does Nimble Robotics operate robots?

Nimble Robotics 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.

Company

Nimble Robotics

AI-powered order fulfillment robotics; soft gripper robots integrated with AMR platforms for each-pick warehouse operations.

Based in San Jose, CA · Founded 2019 · 1 model on record

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Key facts

Product: General-purpose AI-powered warehouse robots for storage, retrieval, picking, packing, sorting
Founder: Simon Kalouche (CEO) — Stanford AI Lab PhD (advised by Fei-Fei Li); MS Robotics CMU; BS MechE Ohio State; ex-NASA JPL; Forbes 30 Under 30
Founded: 2016-2018, San Francisco, California
Patents: 5 USPTO granted patents (robotic fulfillment system, drop guard, storage picking, end effector, continuation)
Funding: Series A $50M (2021, DNS Capital/GSR Ventures/Accel); Series B $65M (2023, Cedar Pine); Series C $106M (2024, FedEx/Cedar Pine, $1B valuation); total ~$221M
Board: Fei-Fei Li, Sebastian Thrun, Marc Raibert (Boston Dynamics)
Customers: PUMA, Best Buy, Victoria Secret, Adore Me, iHerb, Fresh Clean Threads, FedEx Fulfillment
Strategic: FedEx strategic investor + commercial partner (2024)

HQ: San Jose, CA
Founded: 2019
ID: 81ccd674-c1d8-4026-afc3-ac15a9ee1164

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Models (1)

Nimble Fulfillment Robotamr

Current leadership (1)

Simon Kalouche Founder & CEOsince 2019-01-01secondary-verified

Founders (1)

Simon Kalouchesolefounded 2019-01-01

Funding rounds (3)

Series C2024-01-01
$106M · $1.0B post
Series B2022-05-01
$100M(reported)
Investors: Accel (lead)
Series A2021-08-01
$50M(reported)
Investors: Accel (lead)

Patent estate (5)

US 12,391,480usptograntedgranted 2025-08-19assignee
US 12,539,626usptograntedgranted 2026-02-03assignee
US 12,325,594usptograntedgranted 2025-06-10assignee
US 12,257,699usptograntedgranted 2025-03-25assignee
US 12,617,617usptograntedgranted 2026-05-05assignee

Common questions

What is Nimble Robotics?: AI-powered order fulfillment robotics; soft gripper robots integrated with AMR platforms for each-pick warehouse operations.
Where is Nimble Robotics based?: Nimble Robotics is based in San Jose, CA.
When was Nimble Robotics founded?: Nimble Robotics was founded in 2019.
What does Nimble Robotics make?: Nimble Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Nimble Fulfillment Robot (Nimble Robotics builds physical robots).
Where does Nimble Robotics operate robots?: Nimble Robotics 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.

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Verification posture

Claimed (not independently verified)

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Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-07

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