Kargo

What Kargo does

Kargo is an industrial AI company headquartered in San Francisco that builds computer vision and edge-computing hardware deployed at warehouse loading docks to automate the capture of freight and inventory data. Its flagship product, the Kargo Tower, is installed at dock doors (with over 1,000 towers deployed across the United States as of late 2025) and reads any label, barcode, text, or image on inbound and outbound freight, automatically updating customers' existing inventory systems without RFID or manual scanning. A companion product, Kargo Lift, extends the hardware lineup to additional warehouse automation use cases. Together the hardware stack supports solutions across shipping and receiving automation, inventory management (including FSMA-compliant lot code traceability and shelf-life management), and operations optimization (claims management, automated ASNs, vendor scorecarding, financial reconciliation). In December 2025 the company announced Kargo Intelligence, an agentic AI platform intended to automate back-office workflows such as invoicing, claims disputes, and financial reconciliation on top of the data infrastructure captured by the hardware.

Kargo sells to Fortune 500 enterprises through an enterprise field-sales motion, with named customers spanning food and beverage producers (Tyson, Lineage, Utz, Tillamook, Kagome, Wayne Sanderson, Graphic Packaging), third-party logistics providers (Armada, NFI, Dircks, Wise), pharmaceuticals (Aurobindo), automotive (Mercedes-Benz), and other industrials (Corsair). Revenue is generated through three streams: recurring enterprise SaaS subscriptions to the Kargo software platform, sale or deployment of Kargo Tower and Lift hardware, and professional services tied to warehouse rollouts and system integration. Pricing is quote-based with no public list price; prospective customers request a demo or live warehouse video tour via the company website. As of late 2025, Kargo served 45+ Fortune 500 clients (up from three in 2022), had tripled its annual revenue between 2024 and 2025, and had raised approximately $91 million in venture funding across a seed round (February 2021, Founders Fund lead), a $25 million Series A (March 2022, Sozo Ventures lead), an $18.4 million intermediate round (June 2025, Matter Venture Partners lead), and a $42 million Series B (December 2025, Avenir Growth lead).

Name

Kargo

Legal name

Kargo Inc.

Website

https://www.kargo.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Kargo is an industrial AI company that deploys proprietary computer vision hardware (Kargo Tower and Lift) at warehouse loading docks to automate freight scanning, damage detection, and inventory updates for Fortune 500 customers across food, pharma, logistics, CPG, and automotive industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Warehouse Logistics Automation Software

NAICS

Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411)

SIC

Computer Terminals (3575), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

AI Observability, Monitoring & Evaluation Platforms (Drift, Quality, Safety) (HDAEANAF)

Keywords

• Warehouse automation
• Computer vision logistics
• Loading dock scanning
• Supply chain visibility
• Freight inspection software

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Enterprise SaaS Platform Subscription: Recurring SaaS subscription for the Kargo software platform (Kargo Intelligence, dashboards, integrations, and agentic AI workflows) deployed across enterprise customer warehouses.
2. Kargo Tower Hardware Sales / Deployment: Sale or deployment of proprietary Kargo Tower hardware at customer dock doors; over 1,000 towers have been deployed across the United States across the customer base.
3. Professional Deployment and Integration Services: Enterprise deployment, integration with existing inventory systems (WMS/ERP), and ongoing professional services tied to warehouse rollouts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Kargo sells a hardware-plus-software industrial AI platform for warehouse loading docks. Its Kargo Tower and Kargo Lift hardware use computer vision and edge computing to automatically capture freight data (labels, barcodes, text, logos) and feed it into the Kargo software platform, which automates shipping and receiving, damage detection, inventory updates, ASN generation, and FSMA-compliant lot code traceability. The upcoming Kargo Intelligence agentic AI platform extends the offering to back-office workflows such as invoicing, claims disputes, and financial reconciliation.

Product overview

Kargo offers a hardware-plus-software platform that turns the warehouse loading dock into a source of accurate, real-time data. Its core hardware products are the Kargo Tower and Kargo Lift, computer vision devices deployed at dock doors (over 1,000 towers across the US as of late 2025) that automatically capture freight information - labels, barcodes, text, images - and feed it into the Kargo software platform. The platform is organized into three solution areas: Shipping & Receiving Automation (Automated Scanning, Damage Detection, Shipment Verification, Load Verification), Inventory Management (Inventory Visibility, Shelf Life Management, Lot Code Traceability, FSMA Compliance), and Operations Optimization (Claims Management, Financial Reconciliation, Automated ASNs, Vendor Scorecarding). Kargo Intelligence, an agentic AI platform announced as part of the December 2025 Series B funding, extends the offering by automating back-office workflows such as invoicing, claims disputes, and financial reconciliation on top of the data infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kargo Tower: Computer vision tower hardware product for automated scanning and freight monitoring at loading docks.
• Kargo Lift
• Kargo Intelligence

Products and services

• Kargo Tower Proprietary computer vision hardware tower deployed at warehouse loading dock doors (over 1,000 towers deployed across the US as of late 2025) that uses computer vision and edge computing to automatically scan and capture freight data — labels, barcodes, text, and logos — and feed it into the Kargo software platform for real-time shipping and receiving automation without RFID or manual scanning. Targeted at enterprise warehouse and distribution operations.
• Kargo Lift Second hardware product in Kargo's loading dock automation lineup, complementing the Kargo Tower in the company's hardware-plus-software architecture for connecting physical logistics with digital management tools at warehouse dock doors.
• Kargo Intelligence Agentic AI platform announced alongside the December 2025 Series B funding, designed to automate back-office warehouse workflows including invoicing, claims disputes, and financial reconciliation on top of the data infrastructure captured by Kargo Tower and Lift hardware at warehouse dock doors. Targeted at enterprise customers seeking to extend loading dock automation into finance and operations reconciliation workflows.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• GreyOrange: GreyOrange delivers AI-driven warehouse fulfillment robotics and software, competing for the same enterprise warehouse-automation RFPs as Kargo.
• Gather AI: Gather AI uses computer vision (drone-based) for warehouse inventory visibility, applying the same computer-vision-to-warehouse-data thesis as Kargo but from an inventory-cycle perspective.
• Symbotic: Symbotic builds AI-driven warehouse automation systems for large enterprise retailers and 3PLs, serving a similar Fortune 500 customer base and competing for the same automation budget as Kargo.
• Berkshire Grey: Berkshire Grey develops AI robotics for warehouse fulfillment and supply chain automation, addressing the same enterprise warehouse-automation customer profile as Kargo.
• Locus Robotics: Locus Robotics provides autonomous mobile robots and AI orchestration for warehouse fulfillment, targeting the same large-enterprise warehouse operations that Kargo serves with dock-door automation.
• Voxel: Voxel applies AI-powered computer vision to warehouse and industrial operations for safety and operational monitoring, overlapping directly with Kargo's use of vision AI at warehouse dock doors to flag damage and OS&D issues.

Broad incumbents

• Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder provides AI-driven supply chain and warehouse management software, and is a credible broad incumbent that could integrate or acquire dock-door vision capabilities similar to Kargo's.
• Samsara: Samsara is a publicly-traded IoT and operations platform with significant penetration into logistics and warehousing, offering a broader operations-monitoring suite that overlaps with Kargo's dock-door visibility and inventory use cases.
• Manhattan Associates: Manhattan Associates is a leading supply chain and warehouse management software vendor whose platform could be extended with dock-door and computer-vision capabilities that compete with Kargo's offering.
• Honeywell Intelligrated: Honeywell's Intelligrated business is a large warehouse-automation incumbent offering WMS/WCS, conveyor and AS/RS systems; it represents a bundled competitor that can compete with Kargo's dock-door visibility within a wider automation contract.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Mykargoe
• Facebookfacebook.com/getkargo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mykargo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors21 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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