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Exotec

Exotec makes Skypod, which is at stage 4 of 5: paying customers.

Website: exotec.com
Based in: France
Latest milestone: 6 Feb 2025

01Robots

What Exotec makes

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SkypodWarehouse · Rack-climbing warehouse robotsStage 4 of 5 · Paying customersSkypod is a warehouse storage system from French company Exotec. Small robots drive across the floor and climb tall storage racks to fetch boxes of goods, then bring them to workers who pick the orders.In warehouses of retailers and logistics firms around the world; Exotec said in December 2024 it had more than 135 customer sites.The full record

02Track record

Every dated event

6 Feb 2025Milestone
Exotec launched a new generation of Skypod with a smaller robot that can handle both single items and whole cases.
SCXchange, 6 Feb 2025Company-reported
15 Dec 2024Milestone
Exotec said its robots were bringing out more than one million storage boxes a day across all its sites.
Robotics 24/7, 15 Dec 2024Company-reported
12 March 2024Milestone
Exotec said it had sold more than $1 billion of systems and was working at more than 100 customer sites.
Air Freight News, 12 Mar 2024Company-reported
March 2023Milestone
Exotec said it had built its 5,000th robot.
Robotics 24/7, 21 Mar 2023Company-reported
Jan 2022Milestone
Exotec raised $335 million in a Series D round to grow its Skypod business.
The Robot Report, 18 Jan 2022Company-reported
April 2021Milestone
Exotec announced a deal with clothing retailer Gap to use Skypod robots.
FreightWaves, 17 Jan 2022Company-reported
Nov 2019Milestone
Fast Retailing, owner of Uniqlo, said Exotec and Mujin would help bring more automation to its warehouses.
Reuters via The Business of Fashion, Nov 2019
2015Milestone
Exotec was founded in France in 2015.
The Robot Report, 18 Jan 2022

03Money

How it's funded

Latest funding round we could confirm: Exotec raised $335 million in a Series D round, at a $2 billion valuation according to FreightWaves. The Robot Report, 18 Jan 2022

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