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Ultra Raises $50 Million Series A for AI-Powered Warehouse Robots
Ultra, a Brooklyn-based robotics company, announced October 9, 2026, that it has raised a $50 million Series A funding round, led by Framework Ventures with participation from Y Combinator. Including an earlier seed round of $12 million, the company has announced $62 million in total funding. Ultra sells warehouse robots on a service model, with customers paying an integration fee followed by monthly hardware and software support. The company's OP1 (Operator) robot is a stationary dual-arm machine for packing, sorting, and kitting tasks.
- Series A funding: $50 million led by Framework Ventures, with Y Combinator participation
- Total announced funding to date: $62 million (including $12M seed round)
- OP1 (Operator) robot: dual-arm machine for warehouse packing, sorting, and kitting
- Ultra's robots have packed more than half a million orders using Physical Intelligence π0.6 AI model
- Reports 96.4% autonomy rate with human operators intervening only when needed, generating training data