What it sells
Autonomous drones to help warehouses scan inventory.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
VP Distribution / VP Supply Chain / Director of Logistics at distribution centers (GNC, Southern Glazer's, Dermalogica, MSI Surfaces)
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Manual cycle counting is labor intensive, needs lifts/MHE and is infrequent (2-4 full counts per year), leaving inventory discrepancies vs WMS
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Drones fly autonomously (often nightly, lights-out) between landing pads, scan/count pallet locations, compare to WMS and report bins that are off for staff to fix
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Sold as drone system (Corvus One) plus software; ROI claims: 6x more frequent cycle counts, 120 labor hours/month reallocated, 20x faster counting, $110,000 labor reallocation per site, $1.25M recovered lost inventory (MSI Surfaces)
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Direct, ROI-briefing-led enterprise sales ('Request ROI Briefing') to Fortune 500/Global 2000 operations
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2018 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.