The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Walmart: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 1 source back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Overview
US multinational retail corporation. World's largest retailer by revenue. Public company (NYSE: WMT).
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Scale
Stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Walmart has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Symbotic3× joint9 total
- 2Wing2× joint5 total
- 3Brain Corp1× joint6 total
- 4Flytrex1× joint2 total
- 5Plenty1× joint2 total
Most recent
- with Wingoperating
- with Wingoperating
- with Symboticoperating
- Plenty x Walmart2022-01-25with Plentyoperating
- Symbotic - Walmart warehouse automation2021-07-14with Symboticoperating
Walmart on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Aug 2020. Explore where Walmart's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Doug McMillon CEO
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Walmart.
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 →
Walmart on the data-center map
Every verified data center Walmart operates that has a mapped coordinate (2 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
Walmart data centers (2)
- Walmart Bentonville Data CenterBentonville · operating
- Walmart Jane Data CenterJane · operating
AI data centers Walmart operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
Walmart in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- sec_10k
- 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
8 total · 7 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Walmart has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Wingoperating
- with Wingoperating
- with Symboticoperating
- Plenty x Walmart2022-01-25with Plentyoperating
- Symbotic - Walmart warehouse automation2021-07-14with Symboticoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Symbotic3× joint9 total
- 2Wing2× joint5 total
- 3Brain Corp1× joint6 total
- 4Flytrex1× joint2 total
- 5Plenty1× joint2 total
All 8 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- deployment2026-07-08operating
- deployment2026-01-11operating
- deployment2022-05-01operating
- distribution2022-01-25operating
- deployment2021-07-14operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Walmart’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipZipline x Walmart Houston drone delivery expansion
2026-07-08Wing and Walmart expanded drone delivery across Greater Houston adding eight more Walmart stores to the network bringing backyard deliveries to more than 1 million residents. Walmart nearing 2 million total drone deliveries.
PartnershipWing x Walmart 7 new drone delivery markets
2026-01-11Wing and Walmart announced expansion of residential drone delivery service to seven new markets Orlando Tampa Charlotte St Louis Cincinnati Los Angeles and Miami. Phased launch throughout 2026. Walmart nearing 2 million drone deliveries total.
PartnershipSymbotic x Walmart (Autonomous Warehouse Deployment)
2022-05-01Symbotic partnered with Walmart to implement AI-powered robotic warehouse automation across Walmart's distribution centers. Symbotic's end-to-end autonomous warehouse platform uses autonomous mobile robots for case handling, palletizing, and depalletizing. Walmart expanded the partnership to deploy Symbotic systems across its U.S. supply chain.
PartnershipPlenty x Walmart
2022-01-25Walmart invested in Plenty's 00M Series E round and became an equity partner and distribution channel for Plenty's vertically farmed produce. Plenty's leafy greens are sold at Walmart stores in California, with plans to expand to other products.
PartnershipSymbotic - Walmart warehouse automation
2021-07-14Symbotic and Walmart partnered (announced July 14, 2021; later expanded to all 42 Walmart regional distribution centers) to deploy Symbotic's AI-powered robotic warehouse-automation system across Walmart's supply chain.
PartnershipBrain Corp x Walmart
2019-01-01Walmart deployed hundreds of BrainOS-powered autonomous floor-scrubbing robots (Auto-C) across US stores, with Brain Corp providing the autonomy software that converts commercial scrubbers into self-driving machines.
PartnershipSymbotic x Walmart
2017-01-01Walmart, Symbotic's anchor customer and largest shareholder, deploys Symbotic's AI-powered warehouse-automation systems across its US distribution-center network; a 2025 commercial agreement (alongside Symbotic's acquisition of Walmart's robotics business) extended the relationship to Accelerated Pickup and Delivery (micro-fulfillment) centers.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Walmart logo
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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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 Walmart.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Walmart from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/walmart.md
- RSS feed: /companies/walmart/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fea2809b-1e5e-45ba-8b3d-5572f9c55d0e
- Revision history: /companies/walmart/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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Walmart in Forsyth County evacuated after threat turns out to be swatting call
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Heat Index
Serious65/100
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
Walmart draws attention at the 99th percentile but verifies reality at the 11th percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap +87.8, 1st widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Broad public reach with 4.2M video views. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category 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: Sep 9, 2026