Gather AI Raises $40 Million Series B to Deploy AI-Powered Warehouse Drones
Summary
Gather AI secures $40 million Series B funding to expand its 'curious' AI-powered drones and forklift cameras that autonomously scan warehouse inventory, detect misplaced stock, and identify safety issues using Bayesian techniques and neural networks in the growing embodied AI robotics market.
Key Points
- Gather AI raises $40 million Series B funding led by Keith Block's Smith Point Capital to advance its warehouse drone and camera AI platform
- The company deploys 'curious' AI-powered drones and cameras on forklifts to automatically scan barcodes, inventory, and detect warehouse issues like misplaced stock and safety problems
- Gather AI uses classical Bayesian techniques combined with neural networks rather than large language models, positioning itself in the emerging 'embodied AI' robotics market