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U.S. Steel x Freespace Robotics

U. S. Steel announced a strategic investment in Freespace Robotics, whose autonomous storage and retrieval systems use robots to handle goods in warehouse and logistics workflows. The announcement says U. S. Steel's director of strategy and corporate development joined the Freespace board (U. S. Steel announcement).

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Type
investment
Status
Activeoperating
Announced
2024-03-11
2.6 years ago
Active for
2.6 years

Who’s involved

United States Steelinvestor partner

United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) is a leading American steel producer founded in 1901 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. Now a subsidiary of Nippon Steel following a 14.9 billion USD acquisition completed in June 2025, U.S. Steel operates integrated and mini-mill steelmaking across the US and Central Europe. The company is a pioneer in autonomous mining — deploying Komatsu autonomous blasthole drills at its Minntac iron ore operation and investing in Pittsburgh-based Freespace Robotics for autonomous warehousing

HQPittsburgh, PA, USAussteel.com1 partnerships

Off-registry parties

  • Freespace Robotics · co developer

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Sources (2)

  1. https://www.ussteel.com/prereleases/-/blogs/u-s-steel-makes-strategic-investment-in-pittsburgh-based-autonomous-warehousing-pioneer-freespace-robotics
  2. https://www.freespacerobotics.com/press/u-s-steel-makes-strategic-investment-in-freespace-robotics-a-pittsburgh-based-autonomous-warehousing-pioneer

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