Gather AI builds a Physical AI platform that gives warehouses continuous, dock-to-dock visibility into their inventory using autonomous drones and computer vision. Three Carnegie Mellon University robotics PhDs, Sankalp Arora, Daniel Maturana, and Geetesh Dubey, founded the Pittsburgh company in 2017 after working together on an autonomous helicopter research program.
Drones fly preset routes through warehouse aisles without needing GPS, WiFi, or added infrastructure, while cameras mounted on forklifts capture additional data during regular operations. Gather AI's machine-learning models then read far past a barcode, pulling lot codes, expiration dates, case counts, damage, and occupancy data out of the images and routing exceptions to the right team before a shift starts.
Gather AI is built for large third-party logistics providers, distributors, and manufacturers running multi-facility warehouse networks, not smaller single-site operations. Customers including Kwik Trip, Axon, GEODIS, and NFI Industries report a 66% reduction in inventory database errors; pricing is not published and requires booking a demo, with the company having raised $74 million total, including a $40 million Series B.
