# Akash Gupta

> Akash Gupta is the co-founder and CEO of GreyOrange, the warehouse and retail technology company he began with BITS Pilani robotics teammate Samay Kohli. A mechanical engineer who started coding in school and learned robotics by building the AcYut humanoid, Gupta spent more than a decade as GreyOrange's technical and product leader before becoming CEO in 2023. His work now centers on coordinating robots, people, inventory and software as one continuously adapting fulfillment system.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at GreyOrange
- **Organizations:** GreyOrange, Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems at BITS Pilani, Project AcYut
- **From:** Auraiya district, India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
- **Known for:** Co-founded GreyOrange while still connected to BITS Pilani robotics work., Helped build and bring to market GreyMatter, GreyOrange's vendor-agnostic fulfillment orchestration platform., Named with Samay Kohli to Forbes India's 30 Under 30 list in 2015.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Entered BITS Pilani to study mechanical engineering and joined the student robotics work that produced AcYut.
- **2009** — Worked with the AcYut team as it competed internationally; the team won gold at RoboGames.
- **2011** — Gupta and Samay Kohli began GreyOrange through robotics workshops before focusing on industrial products.
- **2012** — Completed his mechanical engineering degree and helped launch GreyOrange's first robotics hardware.
- **2015** — Named with Kohli to Forbes India's 30 Under 30 list.
- **2018** — Recognized in MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 India program.
- **2022** — Received BITS Pilani's Distinguished Alumnus Award in Entrepreneurship.
- **2023** — Appointed CEO of GreyOrange after serving in CTO and chief product roles.
- **2024** — Led GreyOrange after its $135 million Series D financing and expansion of warehouse and store products.
- **2026** — Published his view of a second wave of warehouse automation centered on physical AI.

## Achievements

- Co-founded GreyOrange while still connected to BITS Pilani robotics work.
- Helped build and bring to market GreyMatter, GreyOrange's vendor-agnostic fulfillment orchestration platform.
- Named with Samay Kohli to Forbes India's 30 Under 30 list in 2015.
- Recognized in MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 India program in 2018.
- Received BITS Pilani's Distinguished Alumnus Award in Entrepreneurship in 2022.
- Became CEO of GreyOrange in April 2023 after serving as CTO and in product leadership.
- Led mentoring sessions and workshops at more than 25 educational institutions, according to his published company biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Spoke publicly about deploying physical AI at scale and adaptive warehouse automation at the AUTONOMOUS event in San Francisco.
- **2026-07** — Discussed warehouse world models trained with physical interaction data and the need to optimize fulfillment outcomes beyond robot uptime.
- **2026-01** — Published an article on the second wave of warehouse automation and physical AI through Forbes Technology Council.
- **2025-10** — Published an essay envisioning a fully AI-orchestrated fashion brand.
- **2025-03** — Published his view of what retail shopping could look like in 2030.

## Links

- Website: https://www.greyorange.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akashgor
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/gogreyorange
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gogreyorange

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Last updated: 2026-08-17