Cartken
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2019
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| Legal entity | EU Representative Cartken GmbH | its site |
| Registered | 2 Dec 2019 |
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How Cartken hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Cartken scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Cartken is a robotics start-up that builds autonomous robots for last-mile delivery and industrial material transport. Its team has experience from Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook, and it hires robotics, backend and embedded engineers for its Munich unit. The company is headquartered in Oakland, California, United States.
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Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots
Cartken started seeing an influx of demand for its last-mile delivery robots from industrial customers and is now focused on that sector.
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Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots
Cartken started seeing an influx of demand for its last-mile delivery robots from industrial customers and is now focused on that sector.
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Mitsubishi Electric company Melco Mobility has ordered nearly 100 Cartken robots
Melco Mobility company of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is expanding its strategic partnership with US-based robotics firm Cartken in a push to automate industrial logistics across Japan.Melco M
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From burritos to biotech: How robotics startup Cartken found its AV niche
From its earliest days, Bersch and the rest of the founding team saw an opportunity for its robots to navigate the outdoor environment of pedestrian-filled sidewalks and the indoor world of factories, labs, industrial buildings and even airports. It's her
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Exclusive: How robotics startup Cartken found its AV niche
Autonomous delivery robot startup Cartken has raised $22.5 million, funding that will be used to expand its business to factories.
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Uber Eats is launching a delivery service with Cartken's sidewalk robots in Japan
Uber, Mitsubishi Electric and autonomous robotics startup Cartken are launching a service in Japan using self-driving sidewalk robots.
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Uber and Cartken are bringing sidewalk delivery robots to Virginia
Uber is expanding its partnership with sidewalk delivery robot startup Cartken to Fairfax, Virginia. Starting Thursday, Uber Eats customers around the Mosaic District can choose to have food from select merchants delivered via one of Cartken
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Grocery Shoppers Buy Fewer Items but Maintain Quality Amid Inflation
Price-sensitive grocery shoppers are likelier to reduce the number of items purchased than sacrifice quality.
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Tech stack
The technologies known for Cartken, by layer.
Languages
C++
Python
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
Frameworks & libraries
ROS
ROS2
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
GCP
NATS
Developer tools
Docker
AWX
Ansible
KiCad
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Edge AI
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
4
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~22 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
25% ▼
Robotics
25% ▼
Management
25% ▼
Early Careers
25% ▼
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
Munich
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Oakland
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Munich
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Regional office
4 open roles 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend, Robotics, Management
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≈ $70k – $122k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Munich
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