What Robomart does

Robomart is a Los Angeles-based autonomous delivery robotics company founded in 2018 by Tigran Shahverdyan, Emad Suhail Rahim, and Ali Ahmed. The company builds and operates self-driving mobile stores—autonomous, on-road vehicles designed to function as roving retail fulfillment points that travel to customers rather than the reverse. Its flagship product, the RM5, is a fifth-generation Level 4 fully driverless low-speed electric vehicle with ten app-controlled lockers offering ambient, chilled, and heated temperature control, a 500 lb payload, a 25 mph top speed, and a 112-mile range. Powering the fleet is Robomind™, Robomart's proprietary operating system that handles fleet orchestration, route optimization, multi-store batching, zoned deployment, and the full self-driving stack.

Robomart operates a two-sided marketplace: consumers order through the Robomart customer app from hosted branded storefronts, and merchant partners fulfill orders through the RM Merchant app. Robomart charges a flat $3 per-delivery autonomy fee with no markups on merchant goods, no service fees, and no tips, supplemented by transaction-based merchant platform commissions. The company's primary customer verticals include ice cream and frozen dessert brands (notably Unilever and Mars), grocery retailers (Stop & Shop), and convenience store operators, with planned expansion into pharmacies and restaurants/QSRs.

The company has raised approximately $3.4M in disclosed funding across seed rounds in 2019, 2020, and 2023, with backing from SOSV HAX, Hustle Fund, Wasabi Ventures, W Ventures, and others, and participates in NVIDIA Inception and Microsoft for Startups. Robomart holds a patent for delivery via autonomous vehicles granted during its 2021-2024 pilot phase. The company is currently preparing for a phased U.S. commercial launch beginning in Austin, Texas in Q2 2026, followed by Texas regional expansion in Q2 2027 and national deployment in AV-friendly states (California, Arizona, Florida, Michigan) in Q1 2028. Office locations include Los Angeles (headquarters), Glendale (registered address), Austin, Baltimore, and a San Francisco Bay Area engineering facility.

Name

Robomart

Legal name

Robomart, Inc.

Website

https://robomart.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Robomart is a Los Angeles-based autonomous delivery robotics company that operates Level 4 self-driving mobile stores, charging a flat $3 per-delivery fee to merchant partners including Unilever, Mars, Stop & Shop, and REEF, with commercial launch scheduled for Austin, Texas in Q2 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Autonomous Last-Mile Delivery

NAICS

Convenience Retailers and Vending Machine Operators (44513)

SIC

Retail-Nonstore Retailers (5960)

akta.pro primary industry

Grocery & Convenience Delivery Platforms (BPAMAHAC)

Keywords

• Autonomous delivery vehicles
• Driverless mobile retail
• Robotic last-mile delivery
• Autonomous retail platform
• Self-driving delivery robots

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Autonomy Fee (Per-Delivery): Robomart charges a flat $3 autonomy fee for each on-demand delivery. This is the primary revenue stream from consumers. The company does not mark up merchant prices, does not charge additional service fees, and does not accept tips.
2. Merchant Platform Commission: Robomart provides a technology platform facilitating order transmission and autonomous delivery for merchant partners selling goods through their robots. Revenue is derived from transaction fees on merchant sales facilitated through the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Robomart operates an autonomous mobile retail delivery platform powered by the proprietary Robomind™ operating system. Retailers host branded storefronts within the Robomart consumer app, and orders are fulfilled using the RM5, a Level 4 fully driverless electric delivery vehicle with ten temperature-controlled lockers, 500 lbs payload, and 112-mile range. The company charges a flat $3 autonomy fee per delivery with no markups on merchant prices, service fees, or tips.

Product overview

Robomart operates as a platform-plus-products company offering autonomous retail delivery solutions. The core offering consists of the Robomart RM5 vehicle (fifth-generation autonomous delivery robot) paired with the proprietary Robomind™ operating system that powers fleet orchestration, route optimization, and full self-driving capabilities. The platform connects consumers with retailers through a customer-facing app and provides merchants with the RM Merchant App for order management. Haven, announced in 2023, targets supermarkets and convenience stores. The ecosystem also includes a partner onboarding platform for retailer recruitment. The company charges a $3 autonomy fee per delivery with no markups on merchant prices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Haven: A new product targeting supermarkets and convenience stores for autonomous mobile retail delivery.
• Robomind™

Products and services

• Robomart RM5 Fifth-generation autonomous delivery vehicle operating on public roads at Level 4 automation. Features 10 lockers (2×5 configuration), 500 lbs total payload capacity, ambient/chilled/heated temperature control, app-controlled locking, 25 mph top speed, and 112-mile range. Designed for retailers and merchants needing on-demand last-mile delivery of groceries, ice cream, convenience items, and pharmacy products.
• Haven Autonomous mobile store-hailing product targeting supermarkets and convenience stores. Enables retailers to bring products directly to consumers via self-driving vehicles, with no backend integration required.
• Robomart Partner Onboarding Platform Web-based partner onboarding application for retailers to join the Robomart autonomous delivery network. Currently accepting retailers in Austin, Texas, with phased expansion planned to Dallas, Houston, San Antonio (Q2 2027), and national rollout starting with AV-centric states (Q1 2028).

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% cost reduction compared to human delivery
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• MarsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Mars Unattended Retail partnered with Robomart to solve the industry challenge of ice cream melting before reaching homes. Sr. Global Director Jerome Morgen highlighted that the partnership addresses melting issues when purchased in-store or through other delivery methods.
• Stop & ShopflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Stop & Shop became the first retailer to engage with Robomart to address customer needs with the cutting-edge autonomous delivery solution. President Mark McGowan confirmed the partnership as a pilot arrangement.
• UnileverflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Unilever North American Ice Cream division partnered with Robomart for ice cream delivery pilots. GM Russell Lilly stated the pilot is 'revolutionising ice cream delivery for consumers and making it even faster to get our beloved brands to our ice cream fans.' Pilot program launched during pandemic-era grocery delivery surge.
• REEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerREEF Technology partnered with Robomart to further connect customers and neighborhoods with greater accessibility, consistency, and efficiency. Cofounder Philippe Saint-Just called Robomart a 'fantastic partner' for expanding neighborhood retail reach.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nuro: Nuro develops L4 autonomous delivery vehicles that operate on public roads, closely paralleling Robomart's RM5 platform in both autonomy level and last-mile delivery use case for grocery and convenience retail.
• Starship Technologies: Starship operates fleets of autonomous sidewalk delivery robots for food and grocery delivery, sharing Robomart's core mission of autonomous last-mile fulfillment, though at smaller payload scale.
• Serve Robotics: Serve Robotics builds autonomous sidewalk delivery robots and operates in the on-demand restaurant and grocery delivery space, directly comparable to Robomart's autonomous delivery model with major merchant relationships.
• Coco Robotics: Coco Robotics operates autonomous last-mile delivery robots for food and convenience retail, sharing Robomart's focus on enabling merchant-driven autonomous delivery in urban neighborhoods.
• Kiwibot: Kiwibot develops autonomous delivery robots for campus and urban food delivery, comparable to Robomart as an autonomous delivery operator with merchant partnerships.
• Refraction AI: Refraction AI operates REV-1, an autonomous delivery robot designed for urban last-mile delivery in restaurant and grocery contexts, sharing Robomart's street-level autonomous delivery thesis.

Broad incumbents

• DoorDash: DoorDash is the largest U.S. on-demand delivery platform, operating in the same grocery and convenience delivery categories that Robomart targets but using a human-driver gig model rather than autonomous vehicles.
• Instacart: Instacart is the leading U.S. online grocery delivery platform, directly competing with Robomart's grocery use case while using a personal shopper model rather than autonomous vehicles.
• Uber Eats: Uber Eats is a global on-demand delivery platform across restaurant, grocery, and convenience categories, comparable to Robomart as a multi-vertical delivery marketplace with far broader scale and capitalization.
• Waymo: Waymo, an Alphabet company, operates L4 autonomous vehicles and has explored delivery applications through Waymo Via, sharing Robomart's foundational L4 autonomy technology but at vastly greater scale, capital, and technical depth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/robomart
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/robomart

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors9 records

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M&A

Investments

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