Cartken
- RobotRisk recordUnknown
Overview
Sidewalk delivery robots pivoting to industrial/last-meter indoor mobile robots (Mitsubishi, Grubhub, Uber Eats channels; US/EU/Japan)
- Segment
- sidewalk delivery
- Categories
- sidewalk delivery
- Safety status
- Unknown
- 2026 status
- active - shifted focus to industrial/last-meter robots by mid-2025; operating in Japan, Europe, US via Mitsubishi/Grubhub/Uber Eats deals source
- Headquarters
- Oakland, USA
- Founded
- 2019
- Headcount
- 44
- Funding raised
- $22.5M
- Documented incidents
- Unknown
0 open safety roles0 FS professionals
Public evidence on file: ~2,400 robots (uncorroborated aggregator figure)
Products
- Cartken Hauler
- Cartken Courier
- Cartken Mover
Customers
- Rakuten
- Novo Nordisk
- DPD Group
- Lifetec
- Stirling Ultracold
- Uber Eats
Regions
- HQ region
- Asia-Pacific
- Headquarters
- Oakland, USA
- Operating regions
- Asia-Pacific
Region inferred from public evidence text; corrections welcome.
Headcount
- Headcount
- 44
- Band
- 11-50
- Open safety roles
- 0 (from postings)
- Safety staff on record
- 0
- Estimated baseline safety need
- 1 (estimate; no postings or staff on record)
Open roles come from live FSTalent postings; staff on record is a count from CSA talent records.
News
FAQ
Does Cartken have a functional safety charter?
Unknown. CSA has no charter record for Cartken.
Has Cartken had documented safety incidents?
Unknown. Cartken is not tracked in the RobotRisk incident register.
Is Cartken hiring functional safety engineers?
Unknown. FSTalent has no open functional-safety postings on file for Cartken.
What does Cartken build?
Sidewalk delivery robots pivoting to industrial/last-meter indoor mobile robots (Mitsubishi, Grubhub, Uber Eats channels; US/EU/Japan)
What market segment is Cartken in?
Cartken is listed in the sidewalk delivery segment.
How much funding has Cartken raised?
Cartken has raised about $22.5M (parsed from public evidence; see the Funding tab).
Funding
- Total raised
- $22.5M
- Last round
- Series A $10M
Investors
Valuation
- Valuation
- Unknown
Valuation: Unknown. CSA has no valuation on file for Cartken.
Pricing
Pricing: Unknown. CSA has no published pricing on file for Cartken.
Safety status
Unknown
Safety status: Unknown. CSA has no charter or program record for Cartken.
Charter
Charter status unknown.
Charter: Unknown. No In-Process Functional Safety Charter is on file for Cartken.
Incidents
Incidents: Unknown. Cartken is not tracked in the RobotRisk incident register.
Safety team
- Safety staff on record
- 0
- Open safety roles
- 0 (from postings)
- Estimated baseline safety need
- 1 (estimate; no postings or staff on record)
Safety team: Unknown. CSA has no safety-team information on file for Cartken.
Counts only; CSA never publishes names from its talent network.
Open safety jobs
Open safety jobs: Unknown. FSTalent has no open functional-safety postings on file for Cartken.
Hiring history: Unknown. No postings from Cartken have been collected.
Standards
Standards that typically apply to sidewalk delivery companies:
- ISO 13849-1 – Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems
- IEC 61508 – Functional Safety of E/E/PE Safety-Related Systems
- UL 4600 – Evaluation of Autonomous Products
- ISO 21448 – SOTIF - Safety of the Intended Functionality
Applicability is by category; it is not a claim of conformance.
Certifications
Certifications: Unknown. CSA has no third-party certifications on file for Cartken.
Competitors and similar
Companies in the sidewalk delivery segment:
- Starship sidewalk delivery
- Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery
- Coco Robotics sidewalk delivery
- Kiwibot sidewalk delivery
- Ottonomy.IO sidewalk delivery
- Refraction AI sidewalk delivery
- Relay Robotics sidewalk delivery
- Academy of Robotics sidewalk delivery