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AJ Meyer

AJ Meyer: Co-founder and CEO of Pickle Robot

AJ Meyer is a co-founder and the chief executive of Pickle Robot, which makes one-armed mobile robots that unload trucks and shipping containers.

RoleCo-founder and CEO
Company based inCharlestown, Massachusetts

MIT and Leaf Labs

Meyer graduated from MIT in 2009 with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. After graduation he started Leaf Labs, a technology consultancy that builds embedded systems, where his future co-founders also worked.2

He also founded Industry Labs, a co-working company for technology startups in the Boston area, and still runs all three companies.1

Pickle Robot

Meyer co-founded Pickle in 2018 with Ariana Eisenstein and Dan Paluska. Its customers include UPS, Ryobi Tools, and Yusen Logistics.2

UPS plans to buy about 400 Pickle robots for $120 million, deploying them from the second half of 2026 into 2027, according to Bloomberg reporting cited by Transport Topics.3

Sources

  1. Pickle Robot, Company, accessed November 2, 2026
  2. MIT News, Robots that spare warehouse workers the heavy lifting, December 5, 2025, accessed November 2, 2026
  3. Transport Topics, UPS purchases 400 robots to unload trucks in automation push, accessed November 2, 2026

Photo: Pickle Robot, Company.

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