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As of: 2026-10-09 19:24 CEST.
Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code). Human editor: Adam Bicz.
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# Warehouse-robot startup Ultra raises $62M and deepens its tie-up with Physical Intelligence, whose models run its packing robots

Fortune reported on Oct 9, 2026 that Brooklyn-based Ultra raised $62M (a $12M seed led by Y Combinator and Next View and a $50M Series A led by Framework Ventures). It also expanded its deal with Physical Intelligence: Ultra builds and installs warehouse packing robots sold as a monthly service, and PI supplies the AI software. Its robots have packed more than 500,000 orders.

## Key facts
- $62M total: $12M seed (Y Combinator, Next View) and $50M Series A led by Framework Ventures (Fortune)
- Business model: robots-as-a-service with an up-front integration fee plus monthly fees; CEO Jon Miller Schwartz says Ultra has been able to raise prices
- Division of labour: Ultra builds and deploys the robots; Physical Intelligence provides the robot foundation-model software
- Scale: 500,000+ orders packed for shipping in warehouses across the US

## What happened

Ultra announced $62 million in funding and a closer partnership with Physical Intelligence (PI). PI's general robot models run the
non-humanoid packing robots that Ultra installs in customers' warehouses on subscription.

## Why it matters

It is an example of robot foundation models reaching paid, repetitive commercial work through hardware partners, rather than staying in
lab demos.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 162 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 101 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 3.8 Flash (training cutoff March 2026): 192 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 131 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [Fortune: Ultra raises $62 million for fast-growing robots service, tie-up with AI research firm Physical Intelligence](https://fortune.com/2026/10/09/ultra-raises-62-million-fast-growing-robots-service-tie-up-ai-research-firm-physical-intelligence/) (fortune.com, press)

## Changes

- 2026-10-09 (filed): Created

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- 2026-04-16: [Physical Intelligence's π0.7 shows compositional generalization to untrained robot tasks](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-04-16-physical-intelligence-pi-0-7/index.md)