# Sam Lurye

> Sam Lurye is the founder and CEO of Kargo, a San Francisco-based industrial AI company that installs computer-vision towers at warehouse loading docks to automatically capture, verify, and digitize freight data in real time. A Stanford electrical engineering dropout, Lurye left campus in 2019 after touring factories across the US and spotting a universal blind spot: every warehouse still tracked its most important physical transactions - trucks arriving, pallets moving, damages happening - on paper and memory. Kargo has since deployed over 1,000 sensor towers, grown its enterprise customer base from 3 to 45+ (including Mercedes-Benz, Tillamook, and Aurobindo), tripled annual revenue from 2024 to 2025, and raised a $42M Series B in December 2025.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Kargo
- **Organizations:** Kargo, Social Synergy Media, Stanford University Neural Prosthetic Systems Lab
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Electrical Engineering (did not complete degree - left to found Kargo), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded Kargo at age 22 after leaving Stanford, Grew Kargo from 3 to 45+ Fortune 500 enterprise customers in 3 years, Deployed 1,000+ AI vision towers across US warehouses

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Enrolled at Stanford University to study Electrical Engineering
- **2016-2019** — Researcher at Stanford Neural Prosthetic Systems Lab, contributing to brain-computer interface development
- **pre-2019** — Founded Social Synergy Media; also built an online dating app while in high school
- **2019** — Left Stanford and embarked on a cross-country warehouse tour visiting factories in Detroit, South Carolina, and across the US
- **2019-10** — Founded Kargo in October 2019 to automate loading dock operations with computer vision
- **2020** — First Kargo Towers deployed at a major automotive facility
- **2022** — Raised $25M Series A led by Sozo Ventures with participation from Founders Fund, Activant, Human Capital, Strike Capital, Lineage Ventures, and Flexport
- **2023** — Achieved 8x year-over-year revenue growth; team grew to 30+ people
- **2025-06** — Raised $18.4M led by Matter Venture Partners with participation from Sozo Ventures, Founders Fund, Lineage, and Armada Supply Chain Solutions
- **2025-12** — Raised $42M Series B led by Avenir; Kargo reached 45+ enterprise customers and 1,000+ towers deployed; revenue tripled year-over-year

## Achievements

- Founded Kargo at age 22 after leaving Stanford
- Grew Kargo from 3 to 45+ Fortune 500 enterprise customers in 3 years
- Deployed 1,000+ AI vision towers across US warehouses
- Tripled annual revenue from 2024 to 2025
- Raised total of ~$85M+ in venture funding across multiple rounds
- Built partnerships with Mercedes-Benz, Tillamook, Aurobindo, and Wayne-Sanderson
- Created what he calls 'a common language for the supply chain' using computer vision

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Kargo closed $42M Series B led by Avenir, with participation from Linse Capital, Hearst Ventures, Lightbank, Matter Venture Partners, and Sozo Ventures.
- **2025-12** — Kargo surpassed 1,000 AI tower deployments across US warehouses and 45+ enterprise customers.
- **2025-12** — Kargo tripled annual revenue from 2024 to 2025, with customers typically reordering within 3 months of initial deployment.
- **2025-06** — Raised $18.4M from Matter Venture Partners and strategic investors including Lineage and Armada Supply Chain Solutions.

## Links

- Website: https://kargo.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-lurye-9b69447b
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mykargoe

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Last updated: 2026-05-07