Warehouse
Symbotic began working with Walmart to automate its supply chain in 2017.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Symbotic has partnered with Walmart to automate the retailer's supply chain since 2017, per the release.”
What it means
Symbotic, from Symbotic, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on Symbotic
- Symbotic reported $721 million in revenue for the quarter, up 22% on a year earlier, with 77 systems being installed.
- Symbotic reported about $22.5 billion of signed work still to be delivered (its backlog).
- Walmart made up about 85% of Symbotic's revenue in the year to September 2025.
- As part of that deal, Walmart agreed to pay $520 million to develop and buy 400 small automated pickup systems for the back rooms of its stores.
- Symbotic was putting its robot system into all 42 of Walmart's regional distribution centers in the US.
- Symbotic bought Walmart's own robotics business, Advanced Systems and Robotics.