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Banseog note · 2026-10-26
A company that started general-purpose industrial robots with warehouse palletizing
Pre-production — having closed its Series A, aiming to build 250 third-generation robots
- Founded in 2024 in Santa Clara, California, by brothers Hamza and Khalid Derbas, it raised USD 100 million in a Series A led by RoboStrategy on September 10, 2026. LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures and XTX Ventures participated, and a fund managed by Middle East-based Shorooq later announced its participation.
- The robot has two arms that each lift up to 30 kg mounted on a wheeled base moving at 10 miles per hour, and handles mixed-case palletizing and tote handling. The company says up to 8 units work 16 hours a day at customer sites with uptime above 99%.
- Its first customer is a US Fortune 250 consumer goods company, which the company says it secured in 2024.
Decisions within a year
- It disclosed a plan to build 250 third-generation robots and the design of a fourth-generation platform (September 2026).
- It announced targets to raise cumulative autonomous operating hours to more than 100,000 by the end of 2026 and more than 1 million by the end of 2027 (September 10, 2026).
- It said it will widen its scope from palletizing and tote handling to complex material handling and assembly processes (September 10, 2026).
People they will look for
- Robot manipulation and perception machine learning engineers — moving from palletizing into assembly requires manipulation learning and perception performance to improve first.
- Robot hardware and compute electrical design engineers — building 250 third-generation units and designing the fourth generation are under way at the same time.
- Field engineers and system integration engineers — with units and operating hours at customer sites growing, people are needed for deployment and maintenance (US-based).
For hiring managers
Manipulation learning and motion planning engineers for mobile manipulators are sought at the same time by Korean robotics startups, large companies' robotics and humanoid units, and global robotics companies. This company hires mainly in Santa Clara, so for Korean talent it is an opportunity that assumes a move abroad.
For job seekers
Experience actually running multiple palletizing or picking robots in logistics operations, along with real-time Linux and embedded control experience, is what this company values most right now.
An analysis written from public sources. Sources: GlobeNewswire press release (published in The Manila Times) 2026-09-10 (Series A, investors, headquarters, operating-hour targets, scope), TechCrunch 2026-09-10 (robot specifications, field operation, 250 third-generation units, fourth-generation design, founders), Zawya 2026-09-27 (Shorooq fund participation, founding year).
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