Robot maker · registered
Glacier
AI-powered robotic arms controlled by computer vision identify and sort 30+ material types (plastics, film, flexibles, paper, OCC, metals) at material recovery facilities (MRFs); real-time Brand Intelligence data platform streams item-level waste-stream analytics to consumer brands and government clients; robots deployable as purchase, lease-to-own, or bundled with a managed maintenance package.
Company overview
Identity and operating footprint
Robot models
Specifications remain vendor-claimed
Glacier Sorting Arm
- Identifies 70+ material categories covering ~90% of the typical curbside stream
vendor-stated AI vision classification capability across recyclable streams
Claim source - 60 successful picks per minute (in production, not theoretical)
vendor-stated operational pick rate at live MRF deployments
Claim source - 95% uptime across customer sites
vendor-stated fleet-average availability at deployed MRFs
Claim source - AI trained on 3 billion images from real recycling data
vendor-stated training dataset size for the computer-vision model
Claim source
Deployment log
Announced and cited only
Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Series A
AlleyCorp, Alumni Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Cox Exponential, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Elysium, New Enterprise Associates, One Small Planet, Overlap Holdings, Overture Climate VC, VSC Ventures, Working Capital Fund
Round sourceSeed
AlleyCorp, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, New Enterprise Associates, Overture Climate VC, VSC Ventures
Round sourceSeries A
AlleyCorp, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, New Enterprise Associates
Round sourceSeed
Round sourceHiring signal
Public job board · 2026-07-13
Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.
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10 unique public sources