Outrider raises $73M to scale autonomous distribution yard business
Colorado startup Outrider, which transforms distribution yards into automated operations, has raised $73 million in a Series C round.
Colorado startup Outrider, which transforms distribution yards into automated operations, has raised $73 million in a Series C round.
Outrider continues transforming yard operations to autonomy, adding a robotic arm to connect and disconnect brake lines.
Mary O’Connell and Andrew Smith, founder and CEO of Outrider, sit down to talk about all things warehousing and automation
Outrider, an autonomous distribution yard developer, is readying a robotics kit that would allow shippers to automate operations.
Outrider is adding autonomously precise backing of trailers to the dock to its range of driverless services in distribution yards.
The event will take place at Prologis headquarters in San Francisco from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PT, with the option for attendees to attend virtually.
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“There’s no reason the yard of the future shouldn’t operate with the click of a button and the power of the sun,” says Outrider CEO Andrew Smith.
Automation, optimization and location are all key in making warehouses function more sustainably.
Poursohi and Smith seek competitive advantage by deploying systems early and often.