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Ultra raises $62 million for robots that pack warehouse orders
The Brooklyn start-up leases its robots by the month and widens a deal with Physical Intelligence for the AI that runs them.
Ultra, a Brooklyn warehouse robotics start-up, said on Friday 9 October 2026 that it has raised $62 million: a $50 million Series A led by Framework Ventures and an earlier $12 million seed round led by Y Combinator and NextView, Fortune reports. It also deepened its partnership with Physical Intelligence, which supplies the AI its robots use to learn each customer’s set-up.
Ultra leases its machines as a service. Clients pay an upfront fee to have the robots installed, then a monthly fee for hardware and software support, so they avoid a large capital outlay, Fortune reports. The company says its robots have packed more than half a million orders.
Its OP1 Operator mounts a humanoid-style upper body on a robotic arm with a wheeled base, reaches up to 10 feet (about 3 metres) and sorts, groups and packs items, then seals and labels the parcel, SiliconANGLE reports. It runs from a wall socket, and its sensor data feeds the AI models behind the hardware.
For online sellers that use third-party logistics firms, leasing is how packing robots reach warehouses that would never buy one outright.
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- Fortune: Ultra raises $62 million for fast-growing ‘robots as a service’ business. Checked
- SiliconANGLE: Warehouse robot maker Ultra Robotics bags $62M. Checked
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