Simon Kalouche
Unicorn founderFounder at Nimble Robotics
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedNimble Robotics$1B
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About
Simon Kalouche is the founder and CEO of Nimble Robotics, a company developing autonomous supply chain technology. Nimble has built a general-purpose warehouse humanoid robot designed to perform core warehouse tasks including storage, retrieval, picking, packing, and sorting. The company's board of directors includes Fei-Fei Li, Marc Raibert, and Sebastian Thrun.
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AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksBreyer CapitalAustin · $500K – $10M checksDatabricks VenturesSan Francisco · since 2026Dns CapitalChicago · $25M – $100M checksHetz VenturesTel Aviv · $3.6M – $90M checks · since 2026J-VenturesSilicon Valley · $250K – $1M checks · since 2026R-Squared VenturesLos Angeles · since 2026Reinvent CapitalNew YorkSlow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2026Target GlobalGrand Cayman · since 2026
Experience
- Nimble RoboticsFounder, CEOcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityPhD Student2016 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityNDSEG Graduate Research Fellow2014 — 2016
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRobotics Engineer (347C)2013 — 2014Pasadena, Ca
- The Ohio State UniversityAutonomous Vehicles Researcher2011 — 2013
- CaltechResearch Intern2013Pasadena, California, United States
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Simon Kalouche?
- Simon Kalouche is the founder and CEO of Nimble Robotics, a company developing autonomous supply chain technology. Nimble has built a general-purpose warehouse humanoid robot designed to perform core warehouse tasks including storage, retrieval, picking, packing, and sorting. The company's board of directors includes Fei-Fei Li, Marc Raibert, and Sebastian Thrun.
- Where does Simon Kalouche work?
- Simon Kalouche is Founder of Nimble Robotics.
- What companies did Simon Kalouche found?
- Simon Kalouche founded Nimble Robotics.
- Where did Simon Kalouche go to school?
- Simon Kalouche studied at Stanford University (PhD Dropout, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab); Carnegie Mellon University (M.S., Robotics); The Ohio State University (B.S., Honors Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship Minor).
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