# Glacier

> Glacier builds AI-powered robots that sort recyclables inside Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). Their compact, conveyor-mounted robots use computer vision trained on billions of recycling images to identify and pick more than 70 material categories, while also generating real-time data on what flows through the waste stream - data that brands and recyclers use to prove and improve circularity.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Rebecca Hu-Thrams (Co-founder & CEO), Areeb Malik (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** approx. 110 employees
- **Products:** Glacier Robot, Glacier for MRFs, Glacier for Brands
- **Notable:** Raised $28.2M total across Seed and Series A., Identifies 70+ material categories, covering ~90% of typical curbside stream., Most facilities reach ROI in under a year.

## Products & services

- **Glacier Robot** — Compact AI-powered sorting robot that occupies roughly three feet of conveyor space, installs in a day, and identifies 70+ material categories covering ~90% of a typical curbside stream.
- **Glacier for MRFs** — Throughput-and-ROI focused automation for material recovery facility operators - cleaner bales, higher recovery, no added headcount.
- **Glacier for Brands** — Real-time, item-level visibility into recycling streams so consumer brands can verify what actually gets recovered from their packaging.

## Achievements

- Raised $28.2M total across Seed and Series A.
- Identifies 70+ material categories, covering ~90% of typical curbside stream.
- Most facilities reach ROI in under a year.
- Deployments in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Phoenix, Seattle.
- Backed by Amazon Climate Pledge Fund and NEA.

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Closed $16M Series A led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund to scale deployments nationwide.
- **2025** — Recycling robots begin sorting waste in Seattle as part of Amazon-backed expansion.

## Links

- Website: https://endwaste.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endwaste
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/glaciertechinc

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Last updated: 2026-05-29