Körber buys stake in NAiSE to orchestrate mixed robot fleets
What's the deal? KörberDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a global technology company for manufacturing and supply chain solutions, is acquiring a stake in NAiSEDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a German software company specialising in vendor-agnostic fleet management. The deal value was not disclosed. Körber will act as a strategic investor, while NAiSE's founding team keeps operational control.
What does NAiSE do? Founded in 2017 and self-funded until now, NAiSE makes Fleet Management Software that coordinates mixed vehicle fleets on a shared control layer. Its platform links automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and manually operated industrial trucks from different vendors, regardless of the warehouse management system running underneath.
Why now? As automation spreads, warehouses increasingly run larger fleets sourced from multiple suppliers. Without a higher-level control layer, those fleets stay isolated, limiting efficiency, transparency, and scalability.
What's the endgame? Körber wants to strengthen the software portfolio of its Business Area Supply Chain and deepen the link between NAiSE's platform and its own warehouse solutions. The two plan to develop new intralogistics use cases, including humanoid robotics, while NAiSE keeps serving its existing AGV and AMR partners.
"With NAiSE, we are gaining a partner that addresses the orchestration of mixed fleets with an approach that is vendor-agnostic, standardized and field-proven," says Helena Garriga, a Körber executive board member.
NAiSE co-founder and chief executive officer Kai Przybysz-Herz framed the choice as a way to scale without losing independence. "We deliberately chose a partner that respects our independence and also helps us scale internationally," he says, adding that NAiSE remains open to working with additional system integrators and vehicle manufacturers.
The signal: The move fits Körber's broader push toward integrated, flexible intralogistics, following its 2024 tie-up with mobile-robot maker CarrybotsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. It also reflects a market shift toward multi-brand fleet management, where rivals such as SYNAOSDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Bosch RexrothDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → are building similar capabilities — a bet that customers want coordination software that does not lock them into a single robot maker.
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