# Brightpick

> Brightpick builds AI-powered warehouse robots and software that automate item picking, order buffering, consolidation, dispatch and replenishment. Its Autopicker combines a mobile base with a robotic arm; Gridpicker adapts that approach to a fixed overhead grid for high-volume facilities. Customers include The Feed, Rohlik Group, Dr. Max and NAPA.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** Jan Zizka (CEO and co-founder), Tomas Kovacovsky (CTO and co-founder), Michal Maly (Head of AI and co-founder), Branislav Pulis (CRO and co-founder)
- **Products:** Autopicker, Autopicker 2.0, Giraffe, Gridpicker, Intuition AI
- **Notable:** Autopicker won a Best Product award at LogiMAT 2024., Brightpick reported more than 600 robots in production and above 99.9% uptime in July 2026; these are company figures., The Feed expanded from 48 to 103 Autopickers; the January 2026 vendor case study reports 80% labor reduction and 65% operating-cost reduction.

## Products & services

- **Autopicker** — Mobile manipulator for in-aisle item picking, buffering, consolidation, dispatch and replenishment; the 2.0 upgrade adds redesigned hardware and picking-in-motion.
- **Autopicker 2.0** — Upgraded mobile robot; Brightpick reports average throughput of 70-80 picks per hour and up to 12 hours of battery operation.
- **Giraffe** — High-reach tote retrieval robot that works with Autopicker and accesses storage up to 6 meters high.
- **Gridpicker** — Grid-based system with mobile picking robots above shelves and Fetcher trays bringing storage totes up on rails; unavailable for sale and installation in Germany on current company pages.
- **Intuition AI** — Robotic perception, manipulation and fleet orchestration software with visual and tactile sensing, local and on-site AI models, and human exception handling.
- **Warehouse analytics and integration** — Monitoring, operational analytics, solution design, WMS integration, commissioning and ongoing support.

## Achievements

- Autopicker won a Best Product award at LogiMAT 2024.
- Brightpick reported more than 600 robots in production and above 99.9% uptime in July 2026; these are company figures.
- The Feed expanded from 48 to 103 Autopickers; the January 2026 vendor case study reports 80% labor reduction and 65% operating-cost reduction.
- Dr. Max’s Prague fleet expanded from nine to 30 robots; 44 additional robots at two other facilities were announced in August 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Announced expansion with Dr. Max: 30 robots in Prague and 44 additional robots planned across Ostrava and Bratislava, for a projected group total of 74.
- **2026-07** — CEO essay reported more than 600 robots in production and explained the company’s simple-hardware architecture.
- **2026-06** — Trew partnership adds Autopicker and Gridpicker to its fulfillment integration portfolio.
- **2026-04** — MotionTech partnership announced for European Gridpicker deployments.
- **2026-03** — Gridpicker launched; first installation was scheduled for later in 2026 at announcement.
- **2026-02** — NAPA partnership announced after a successful 2025 pilot, with more than 100 robots planned for an additional site.

## Links

- Website: https://brightpick.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brightpick/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brightpick3d
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPRMWvxhUlMXxl13U7RBwnA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightpick3d/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightpick_ai

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Last updated: 2026-10-23