Logistics supply chain

Manifold

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Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

The US Warehouse industry spends $75bn on labor each year. Yet, only 10% of US warehouses have any form of automation, because existing robotics are too expensive and hard to integrate.

Manifold deploys autonomous robots that handle picking, loading / unloading, and palletizing — priced by pick. Integration in hours. No upfront costs. No retrofitting. No need to rebuild the operation around the robot.

Our mission is to make it easy for any warehouse to adopt robotics.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Logistics supply chainHardware deviceBusinessesSmall businessesUsage & volume pricing

Product & workflow

The result is a service model that allows operators to easily adopt and deploy robots.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-31

Founders & team

Nicolas Yeh

Founder/CEO

Founder at Manifold. Grew up in a 3rd-gen supply chain family business (major consumer products supplier to US retailers). Previously at Balyasny Asset Management covering analog semiconductors ($1B+ book). Before that, Hotel Acquisitions at Starwood Capital Group, where he sourced a $60M hotel sale and was sole analyst responsible for asset management of Extended Stay America ($7.6B JV with Blackstone). BA from UPenn.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Joshua Ibrahim

Founder/CTO

Founder at Manifold. PhD in Applied Mathematics from Caltech. Previously Software Engineering Intern at Facebook, working on Messenger P2P services and Instagram's misinformation detection systems. MS and BS in Electrical and Systems Engineering from Penn.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2026 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedLos Angeles, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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