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U.S. Steel x Freespace Robotics

U.S. Steel made a strategic investment in Pittsburgh-based Freespace Robotics, a manufacturer of autonomous robotic storage and retrieval systems for warehouses. Freespace Robotics was incubated in Carnegie Foundry, a Pittsburgh-based partner of Carnegie Mellon University.

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Type
investment
Status
Activeoperating
Announced
2024-03-11
2.5 years ago
Active for
2.5 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.com2 partnerships

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  • Freespace Robotics · co developer

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Sources (1)

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

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