Plus One Robotics
San Antonio, US · Founded 2017 · Delaware corporation · 66 employees on LinkedIn · 21 known investors
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Plus One Robotics develops intelligent parcel handling robotics systems that combine computer vision, AI, and supervised autonomy for logistics and ecommerce organizations. The company provides robotic solutions for automated sorting and picking of parcels in fulfillment centers.
Also known as Plus One Robotics · Plus One Robotics Inc. · Plus One Robotics, Inc. · PlusOne Robotics · POR
Founders & leadership
Plus One Robotics was founded in 2017 by Erik Nieves, Shaun Edwards, and Paul Hvass.
Board
Investors · 21
Also in the syndicate · 7
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$42.8M disclosed across 2 of 4 rounds · 2018–2023
▶$34.5MraisedApr 2021 · 20 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Whitney RockleyDirector
- Erik H. NievesExecutive Officer, Director
- Chris ColeDirector
- Chris GirgentiDirector
- Shaun EdwardsExecutive Officer, Director
- Paul HvassExecutive Officer, Director
- Toshiya OtaniDirector
- Offering amount
- $34.5M
- Amount sold
- $34.5M
- First sale
- Apr 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2017
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$8.3MraisedSep 2018 · 9 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Chris GirgentiDirector
- Shaun EdwardsExecutive Officer, Director
- Erik NievesExecutive Officer, Director
- Julian CounihanDirector
- Offering amount
- $8.3M
- Amount sold
- $8.3M
- First sale
- Sep 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2016
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Plus One Robotics develops AI-powered 3D vision software and robotic manipulation systems for material handling in warehouses and distribution centers. Its products give industrial robots hand-eye coordination to pick, place and sort parcels, with applications in induction, depalletizing and palletizing. Core offerings include the PickOne vision system (sold in Lite, Core and Pro tiers), the Yonder supervised-autonomy platform for remote human-in-the-loop robot supervision, CheckOne for automated quality assurance, the InductOne dual-arm induction cell, and DepalOne, a turnkey depalletizing cell.
The human-in-the-loop model is central to the company's approach: on-premises or remote employees can supervise multiple robots simultaneously and resolve exceptions, which the company says enables 24/7 operation and improves sorting and picking throughput by more than 30% while reducing operating costs. Press coverage has reported one worker managing as many as 50 robots at a time, and the company summarizes its philosophy as "Robots work. People rule."
The company reports that its systems have executed over 1.5 billion picks across 15 countries (company website), with trade press reporting a 2 billion pick milestone announced at MODEX in April 2026. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, at Port San Antonio, with an office in Boulder, Colorado, and a presence in Europe including engineering, sales and support staff in the Netherlands.
Founding story
Erik Nieves teamed with Shaun Edwards, a former research engineer at San Antonio's Southwest Research Institute, in 2016 to create Plus One Robotics; Paul Hvass, another former SwRI research engineer, joined the following year as the third co-founder. The founders set out to bring 3D and AI vision to industrial robots to give them hand-eye coordination for warehouse material handling.
Business model
Plus One Robotics sells AI vision software together with robotic manipulation hardware and end-of-arm grippers, deployed as integrated automation cells. It offers Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) subscriptions to lower customer capital expenditure, and works through system integrators and hardware partners such as beRobox, supported by a partner portal launched in 2025.
Revenue comes from sales and deployment of robotic vision systems and automation cells, tiered PickOne vision packages, and subscription-based Robots-as-a-Service offerings; the company is privately held and does not publicly disclose financial results.
Traction
Company materials report more than 1.5 billion picks executed across 15 countries, with trade press reporting a 2 billion pick milestone in April 2026. At the time of the 2023 Series C, the company reported over one million parcel picks per day in production, more than half a billion cumulative parcel picks globally, and nearly three times year-over-year growth from expanded business with existing customers and new deployments. Headcount grew from 42 to 70 in the U.S. and Europe during 2021, with a stated target of 100 employees in 2022.
Latest developments
In June 2025 Plus One Robotics and beRobox launched DepalOne, a turnkey, portable depalletizing and palletizing cell, alongside an expanded PickOne product line offered in Lite, Core and Pro tiers. Earlier in 2025 the company launched a partner portal at ProMat and showcased palletizing and depalletizing capabilities with beRobox. Trade coverage of MODEX 2026 reported the company surpassing 2 billion picks and marking 10 years of operation.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
The company is described in trade coverage as a provider of AI vision software and solutions for robotic parcel handling addressing what its Series C lead investor characterized as a $128 billion market. Local coverage has called it one of San Antonio's most prominent technology startups, and it was named to the San Antonio Business Journal Best Places to Work list.
Differentiation rests on combining AI-driven 3D vision with supervised autonomy that keeps humans in the loop for exception handling, allowing one person to supervise many robots, and on tiered, plug-and-play product packaging that lets operators deploy standardized cells in weeks rather than through months of customization.
Technology
The technology combines 3D and AI-powered computer vision (PickOne) with robotic manipulation and end-of-arm grippers to perceive, pick and place mixed parcels, including mixed, rainbow and single-SKU pallets. Machine learning trains camera-equipped robots to identify and grasp varied items, while the Yonder supervised-autonomy platform routes edge cases to remote human supervisors who resolve exceptions in seconds. The DepalOne cell, built on beRobox's portable Paltz hardware, handles 500-700 packages per hour with 70-pound capacity, palletizing heights up to 98 inches and nine cycles per minute with dual pallet locations; cobot configurations deploy in about four weeks at up to 500 packages per hour, industrial robot configurations in about eight weeks at more than 650 packages per hour, and custom integrator-built cells in roughly 20 weeks at 1,000+ packages per hour.
Go-to-market
The company sells directly to large logistics and e-commerce enterprises and also through integrators and hardware partners, supported by a partner portal, trade show presence (ProMat, Automate, MODEX), webinars, case studies and downloadable research. In July 2024 it appointed Avihou Barkay as president and chief commercial officer to drive sales and go-to-market initiatives.
Parcel and post carriers, third-party logistics providers, e-commerce fulfillment operators, general merchandise and retail distributors, grocery and beverage operations; customers include Fortune/Global 100 logistics and e-commerce companies such as FedEx and MSC Industrial.
Geography
Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas (639 Billy Mitchell Blvd., Port San Antonio), with an office in Boulder, Colorado, and a European presence including engineering, sales and support teams in the Netherlands. Deployments span 15 countries, and the company has stated intentions to expand in North America, Europe and Asia.
History
Sources describe the company as founded in 2016 by Erik Nieves and Shaun Edwards, a former Southwest Research Institute engineer, with Paul Hvass, also formerly of Southwest Research Institute, joining the following year as a third co-founder. The company opened an 11,000-square-foot facility at Port San Antonio in October 2019 and doubled its space by 15,000 square feet in May 2021. It raised a $33 million Series B in April 2021 and a $50 million Series C in March 2023, the latter coming less than two months after a layoff of about 10% of staff. Product and commercial milestones include the appointment of a president and chief commercial officer in July 2024, a partner portal launch at ProMat in March 2025, and the DepalOne launch with beRobox in June 2025.
Risks & controversies
The Robot Report noted that the $50 million Series C came less than two months after Plus One Robotics laid off about 10% of its staff. Local coverage also reported the company missed its goal of hiring 100 employees by the end of 2021 amid competition for technical talent in Texas.
Compiled by commissioned research from 12 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
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Timeline · 15
launches, deals, and filingsAt MODEX 2026 the company reported surpassing 2 billion picks and marked 10 years of AI-powered warehouse innovation.
DepalOne combines beRobox portable hardware with Plus One Robotics' AI-driven PickOne vision system as a fully integrated, deployable automation cell; shown at ProMat and Automate in spring 2025.
Plus One Robotics and beRobox launched DepalOne, combining beRobox's portable Paltz hardware with Plus One's PickOne AI vision system into a plug-and-play depalletizing and palletizing cell, alongside tiered PickOne Lite, Core and Pro vision packages.
Plus One Robotics launched a new Partner Portal at ProMat 2025 and showcased palletizing and depalletizing capabilities with integration partner beRobox.
At ProMat 2025 the company highlighted end-to-end palletizing and depalletizing capabilities and launched a Partner Portal for system integrators and solution providers.
Plus One Robotics appointed Avihou Barkay as president and chief commercial officer to drive sales and go-to-market initiatives.
SupplyTech Breakthrough named Plus One Robotics "Overall Robotics Company of the Year" in its annual supply chain and logistics technology awards program.
InductOne is a dual-arm, pre-engineered automated induction cell designed for space-constrained areas with a modular, configurable architecture for greenfield or brownfield sites.
The round brought total funding to nearly $100 million and added Scale Venture Partners' Rory O'Driscoll to the board of directors. Proceeds were earmarked for scaling deployment capacity and expanding sales and marketing in North America and internationally.
$50M source ↗
The Robot Report reported that the $50 million Series C came less than two months after Plus One Robotics laid off about 10% of its staff.
Plus One doubled its headquarters space at Port San Antonio in May 2021 and subsequently began work on a further expansion; it also increased its presence in Boulder, Colorado, and established engineering, sales and support teams in the Netherlands.
Funding supported expansion in the U.S. and Europe and product development. Whitney Rockley of McRock Capital and Toshi Otani of TransLink joined the board of directors.
$33M source ↗
The company opened a new 11,000-square-foot facility at Port San Antonio with a ribbon cutting on October 30, 2019.
The company more than doubled its footprint from 4,000 to over 10,000 square feet, remaining at Port San Antonio, with a move planned for summer 2019 and staff growth to 30.
YonderOne enables remote "crew chiefs" to resolve exceptions for deployed robots, supporting faster customer deployments.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 12
primary sources listed
- Plus One Roboticsplusonerobotics.com · web
- Plus One Robotics Wins "Overall Robotics Company of the Year" in 2024 SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards Programprnewswire.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Plus One Robotics do?
- Plus One Robotics builds AI-powered vision software and supervised-autonomy tools for robotic parcel picking, induction and depalletizing.
- Who founded Plus One Robotics?
- Plus One Robotics was founded by Erik Nieves, Shaun Edwards, Paul Hvass in 2017.
- Who are Plus One Robotics's investors?
- Plus One Robotics's investors include BMW i Ventures, Dynamo Ventures, Ff Venture Capital, First Star Ventures, Kensington Capital Partners Limited, Khosla Ventures, Leonis Capital, McRock Capital and 6 more.
- How much funding has Plus One Robotics raised?
- Plus One Robotics has disclosed $42.8M raised across 2 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is Plus One Robotics headquartered?
- Plus One Robotics is headquartered in San Antonio, US.