Destro AI
Brooklyn startup building robot-agnostic software that assigns warehouse work across robots from different makers and gives mobile manipulators skills learned from human demonstration.
Destro AI was founded in 2026 in Brooklyn, New York, by chief executive Manthan Pawar, with a team that previously worked at HAI Robotics, Dexterity and Matic. Its MothershipOS decides which robot performs which task, where and when, across mixed fleets in a warehouse; VisionOS runs on the robot and enables mobile manipulation with AI models trained from human demonstrations. The company says it is live in production with Yusen Logistics (Americas) and other third-party logistics providers and earns commercial revenue. It raised an $8 million seed round co-led by Base10 Partners and Bonfire Ventures in September 2026.
- Latest funding
- $8M
- Total funding
- $8M
- Latest valuation
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- Founded
- 2026
- Country
- United States
- Sep 29, 2026Seed$8M
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