Nimble Robotics

FedEx Fulfillment expands through strategic alliance with Nimble

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has announced a strategic alliance with Nimble Robotics to scale FedEx Fulfillment with Nimble’s fully autonomous 3PL model. FedEx is also investing an undisclosed sum in Nimble.

The Santa Monica, California-based AI robotics and autonomous e-commerce fulfillment technology company will help scale FedEx Fulfillment, according to a news release from FedEx.

“Our strategic alliance and financial investment with Nimble expands our footprint in the e-commerce space, helping to...

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Nimble Robotics raises $65M in pursuit of fully autonomous fulfillment network

Plenty of logistics experts have spoken of the benefits of warehouse automation, things like more efficient workers, faster fulfillment speeds and lower operating costs, to name a few.

So why is the adoption rate for warehouse automation still so low? In short, the problem for most brands is getting started: For many of them, adding automation means high upfront costs and the scrapping of existing infrastructure.

Nimble Robotics, a San Francisco Bay Area-based autonomous logistics firm, wants to...

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Modern Shipper Top 10: Warehouse automation and fulfillment

Modern Shipper launched in February with a mission of highlighting the ever-growing last mile of the supply chain. Throughout the year, we learned a lot, and our readers helped inform us of plenty more.

Looking back on the year that was, there were plenty of stories that resonated with our readers — from drones to automation, from gig workers to last-mile delivery providers. Of course, we can’t forget e-commerce, which is rapidly changing the supply chain and everything and everybody that...

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Nimble Robotics raises $50M for fulfillment automation

Nimble Robotics, an e-commerce warehouse automation company, announced a $50 million Series A financing round led by DNS Capital and GSR Ventures with participation from Accel and Reinvent Capital. Nimble plans to use the funds to deploy more robots to its customers and expedite hiring for further product and technology development. 

Nimble also announced the appointment of two new board members: Fei-Fei Li, a Sequoia professor of computer science at Stanford University, and Sebastian Thrun,...

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