# Andrew Meyer

> Andrew (AJ) Meyer is the founder and CEO of Pickle Robot Company, a Boston-area startup building Physical AI robots that autonomously unload trucks. An MIT-trained engineer and serial founder, he watched fifteen people unload trailers on a freezing UPS night shift in 2018 and decided robots should do that job. Pickle's one-armed machines now pick boxes up to 50 pounds at speeds reaching 1,500 boxes an hour for customers like UPS and Yusen Logistics. In late 2024 the company closed a $50 million Series B, bringing total funding past $114 million.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Pickle Robot Company
- **Organizations:** Pickle Robot Company, Leaf Labs, Industry Labs
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Pickle Robot Company, a pioneer of Physical AI for logistics., Raised over $114 million in total funding, including a $50M Series B in November 2024., Built robots that unload trucks at 400 to 1,500 boxes per hour, handling boxes up to 50 pounds.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Graduated from MIT and founded Leaf Labs, an embedded systems R&D firm working on robots, cars, satellites, and even brain-implantable devices.
- **2010s** — Founded Industry Labs, a tech-startup co-working company with locations around Boston.
- **2018** — Co-founded Pickle Robot Company with Ariana Eisenstein and Dan Paluska after watching workers unload trucks on a UPS winter night shift.
- **2021** — Raised early venture funding (about $26M cumulative) to develop the unloading robot.
- **2023** — Publicly launched the truck-unloading robot arm at the ProMat trade show.
- **2024** — Closed a $50M Series B and secured orders for 30+ production robots; total funding surpassed $114M.
- **2025** — Scaled to roughly 130 employees in Charlestown, MA, with deployments at UPS, Ryobi Tools, and Yusen Logistics.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Pickle Robot Company, a pioneer of Physical AI for logistics.
- Raised over $114 million in total funding, including a $50M Series B in November 2024.
- Built robots that unload trucks at 400 to 1,500 boxes per hour, handling boxes up to 50 pounds.
- Landed enterprise deployments with UPS, Ryobi Tools, and Yusen Logistics.
- Serial founder of three technology companies: Leaf Labs, Industry Labs, and Pickle Robot.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Pickle Robot closed a $50M Series B led by strategic investors including Teradyne Robotics Ventures and Toyota Ventures, and booked orders for 30+ unloading robots.
- **2025-06** — Company announced plans to add roughly 50 new engineers as warehouse robotics demand surged.
- **2026-06** — Pickle Robot and Ambi Robotics announced an integrated Physical AI solution to automate inbound logistics end to end.

## Links

- Website: https://picklerobot.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-meyer-2457594/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pickle_robot
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@picklerobot

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Last updated: 2026-07-01