Mytra
Category: Robotics / Embodied AI
Software-defined warehouse robotics startup building an AI-powered automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) for material flow. Mytra was founded in 2022. The company is led by Chris Walti. Based in Brisbane, California, USA. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $200M. Latest round: Series C. Key investors include Avenir Growth, Greenoaks, Eclipse, D. E. Shaw Ventures, Promus Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Offline Ventures, Kivu Ventures, Liquid 2, Humba Ventures, Summit Partners, Garry Tan.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Brisbane, California, USA
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $200M
Value proposition
Rebuilds the warehouse infrastructure layer with a software-defined, AI-controlled 3D storage and retrieval system that eliminates fixed aisles, maximizes storage density, and reduces manual material-handling labor.
Products and solutions
MytraBot (low-profile robots moving in X/Y/Z through a storage matrix), modular steel-cube storage rack/cells (up to 80 ft tall, no fixed aisles), AI-powered warehouse execution system (WES) that optimizes robot routes, avoids traffic jams, and dynamically reconfigures matrix/cell sizes between high-density and high-velocity configurations.
Unique value
A universal, software-defined material-flow platform (move, store, pick, route) that condenses storage into a high-density modular matrix with no fixed aisles, delivering ~32% reductions in material-handling labor and ~34% improvements in storage density.
Target customer
Warehouse-dependent organizations: Fortune 100/500 suppliers, grocers, and industrial distribution companies.
Industries served
Warehouse/logistics automation, supply chain, grocery/food distribution, industrial distribution, manufacturing.
Technology advantage
AI-powered warehouse execution system controlling MytraBots in a modular, aisle-free 3D storage matrix; software-defined primitives that standardize material flow; dynamic reconfiguration between high-density and high-velocity modes; handles pallets up to 1,360 kg and matrices up to 80 feet tall.
How they differentiate
Unlike traditional ASRS and forklift-based warehouses, Mytra eliminates fixed aisles entirely with a modular steel-cell matrix and software-defined AI orchestration, treating material flow like cloud computing — abstracted, programmable, and continuously optimizing.
Main competitors
AutoStore, Exotec, HAI Robotics
Key partnerships
Strategic investors Lineage and RyderVentures (corporate VC arm of Ryder System), commercial partner Albertsons Companies.
Notable customers
Albertsons Companies, a Fortune 100 food company, a Fortune 500 industrial-supply distribution company.
Major milestones
Launched from stealth July 2024 with $78M total financing, RBR50 Startup of the Year 2025, 2025 inflection point — signed a large-scale deployment 60x its largest prior installation, shipped two pilot systems, went live in production at a new customer site, moved into a new facility 7x its previous space, grew team by 78%, added former Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn to board, closed $120M Series C (Jan 2026).
Growth metrics
Early deployments demonstrated 32% reductions in material-handling labor and 34% improvements in storage density; team grew 78% in 2025; 150+ employees; over 20 open roles.
Market positioning
A fast-growing Series C warehouse-automation startup targeting the ~80% of industrial facilities with zero automation, competing against legacy ASRS and goods-to-person systems.
Geographic focus
United States (North America)
About Chris Walti
Ex-Tesla — led the Optimus Humanoid Bot team along with robotics and warehouse logistics at Tesla; led Model 3 material flow automation and started/led Tesla's mobile robotics team. Co-founded Mytra in 2022.
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Official website: https://mytra.ai