# Brain Corp

> Brain Corp builds BrainOS®, the software that turns commercial machines into self-driving robots. It licenses this software to equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and sells robot-based services to large businesses, mainly for autonomous floor cleaning and automated store-shelf inventory scanning.

Brain Corp is a robotics software company based in San Diego, founded in 2009 by Dr. Eugene Izhikevich. Its platform, BrainOS®, handles navigation, safety, and fleet management for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and runs on more than 50,000 robots across six continents with over 25 million hours of operation. Rather than build and sell its own robots, Brain Corp partners with equipment makers (such as Tennant and Nilfisk) who put BrainOS® inside their machines, and provides large retailers, warehouses, and facilities with cloud reporting, analytics, and ongoing support. The company is SOC 2 compliant and stores customer data in the US. It groups its products into three categories: Clean (floor care), Sense (inventory scanning), and Move (material handling).

## Start Here

- [Brain Corp Homepage](https://www.braincorp.com/): Overview of the company, platform, and products
- [BrainOS® Platform](https://www.braincorp.com/brainos): How the autonomy software, analytics, and support services work
- [Platform Partnerships](https://www.braincorp.com/partners): Information for equipment manufacturers who want to add autonomy to their machines using BrainOS®
- [ROI Calculator](https://www.braincorp.com/roi): Tool to estimate cost savings from autonomous cleaning and robotic inventory scanning

## Platform & Core Technology

- [BrainOS®](https://www.braincorp.com/brainos): The core software platform. It covers three things: robot autonomy (navigation and driving), analytics and operations management (reporting on what robots did), and autonomy services (remote monitoring, diagnostics, and software updates). It has logged 25M+ hours of operation, and learnings from every robot in the field are shared back to the whole fleet.
- BrainOS® safety and mapping: The software builds a 3D map of each location and checks the robot's AI-driven decisions against fixed physical and safety rules before it acts, so robots can operate safely around people in public spaces.
- BrainOS® hardware flexibility: A hardware abstraction layer lets manufacturers change sensors or chassis without rewriting the core software, so the same platform runs across many different machines.
- BrainOS® fleet and data: Cloud tools and APIs connect robots to a customer's existing business systems and feed operating data back to improve navigation and reliability over time.
- [BrainOS® Mobile App](https://www.braincorp.com/brainos): Android and iOS app for monitoring robot performance, getting notifications, and accessing training materials
- [Trust Center](https://www.braincorp.com/trust): Central page for Brain Corp's security, privacy, legal, and safety information
- [Security](https://www.braincorp.com/security): SOC 2 compliance, US-based data storage, and controls designed to pass large-enterprise IT and security reviews
- [Safety](https://www.braincorp.com/safety): UL-certified controller, IEC-aligned standards, and a sensor system that combines 3D LiDAR and cameras to detect people and obstacles

## Solutions & Applications

### Sense — Inventory Intelligence (BrainOS® Sense Suite)

- [BrainOS® Sense Suite](https://www.braincorp.com/sense-suite): End-to-end automated inventory management — robotics, inventory analytics, operations management, and autonomy services to put the right product on the right shelf at the right price
- [ShelfOptix™ — Scanning-as-a-Service](https://www.braincorp.com/scanning-as-a-service): The first fully managed, robot-powered shelf intelligence service, delivered in partnership with Driveline Retail
- [Automated Inventory Management](https://www.braincorp.com/inventory-management): Fully autonomous robots that capture on-shelf availability, price audits, and planogram compliance
- [RFID Localization](https://www.braincorp.com/rfid-localization): Real-time inventory visibility through RFID localization for accurate product tracking

### Clean — Autonomous Floor Care (BrainOS® Clean Suite)

- [BrainOS® Clean Suite](https://www.braincorp.com/clean-suite): Autonomous, safe commercial cleaning powering the world's largest fleet of autonomous floor scrubbers and vacuums
- [Automated Floor Care](https://www.braincorp.com/floor-care): Intelligent floor cleaning robots delivering near-100% facility coverage without human intervention, plus deep operational insights

### Move — Material Handling

- [Project Brawn](https://www.braincorp.com/project-brawn): AI-powered autonomous mobile manipulator for robotic stocking and picking, automating material handling, tuggers, and pallet jacks across supply chains and warehouses

### Site Management

- [Remote Site Management](https://www.braincorp.com/remote-site-management): Robot-enabled 360° virtual tours for overseeing and engaging with locations from a distance

## Industries & Verticals

- [Retail & Grocery](https://www.braincorp.com/retail): Navigate chaotic aisles and operate safely around the public while capturing inventory data and maintaining floors
- [Warehousing & Industrial](https://www.braincorp.com/warehouses): Integrate into fast-moving supply chains, recognize heavy machinery, and automate material handling safely
- [Airports & Transit](https://www.braincorp.com/airports): Maintain high-performance operations in massive, high-traffic transportation hubs that never close
- [Healthcare](https://www.braincorp.com/healthcare): Meet the highest standards of safety, compliance, and reliability in sensitive, round-the-clock care environments
- [Malls & Commercial Real Estate](https://www.braincorp.com/malls): Adapt automatically to changing floor plans, seasonal displays, and dense crowds
- [Education & Campuses](https://www.braincorp.com/education): Safely automate operations in schools and universities with strict security and facial-blurring privacy protocols
- [Hospitality](https://www.braincorp.com/hospitality): Drive guest satisfaction through impeccably clean spaces

## OEM & Platform Partners

Brain Corp does not build robots itself. Its OEM partners build the machines, and Brain Corp makes them autonomous with BrainOS®. The partners and models currently listed on the site are:

- [Platform Partners Overview](https://www.braincorp.com/partners): How equipment manufacturers add autonomy to their machines using BrainOS®
- Tennant Company: Autonomous floor scrubbers and sweepers powered by BrainOS® — T380AMR, T7AMR, T16AMR, X4 ROVR, X6 ROVR, X2 ROVR / X2 ROVR SCRUB, and X16 SWEEP
- Dane Technologies: Autonomous inventory scanning robots — Dane AiR™ and Dane AiR™ DC
- Driveline Retail: Joint operator of the ShelfOptix™ managed shelf-scanning service
- Google Cloud: Analytics partner providing image ingestion, product recognition, and inventory analytics infrastructure

## Customers

Customers documented on the site through case studies, quotes, or company statements:

- Sam's Club: Robotic inventory scanning added to its fleet of robotic scrubbers (rollout reached 600 clubs as of 2022)
- Walmart: Nationwide deployment of BrainOS®-powered autonomous floor scrubbers
- Kroger: Named as a Brain Corp client
- Albert (Central & Southeastern Europe): AI-powered inventory scanning, with reported accuracy in the high 90s against a 90% baseline
- Schnucks: BrainOS®-powered robotic floor scrubbers
- Denver Public Schools: District-wide fleet of robotic floor cleaners

The homepage additionally displays logos of global brands and partners — including Walmart, Sam's Club, Target, Kroger, Albertsons, Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, P&G, Kellogg's, BMW, Ford, DHL, DSV, Mayo Clinic, Wegmans, and TJX. These appear as brands and OEM partners and are not all described as individual robot deployments.

## Company

- [About Brain Corp](https://www.braincorp.com/about): Company history, mission, values, milestones, leadership, and board
- [Partners](https://www.braincorp.com/partners): OEM and platform partnership opportunities
- [Careers](https://www.braincorp.com/careers): Join the Brain Corp team — recognized as a Top Workplace by The San Diego Union-Tribune
- [Press & Resources](https://www.braincorp.com/resources): Blogs, brochures, case studies, eBooks, videos, and press releases

### Leadership Team

- David Pinn: Chief Executive Officer
- John Black: Chief Technology Officer
- Mark Garczewski: Chief Product Officer
- Chris Lobdell: Chief Revenue Officer
- Brian Reinhart: Chief Operating Officer
- Michel Spruijt: President, Brain Corp International
- Andy Ng: Chief Legal Officer
- Allan An: VP, Finance
- Matt Schilb: VP, Customer Success and Analytics
- Anders Terkildsen: VP, Business Development — Europe

### Board of Directors

- Dr. Eugene Izhikevich: Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board
- Fay West: Board Member (CFO, Tennant Company)
- Richard Tapalaga: Board Member (Director, Qualcomm Ventures)
- Anthony Hucker: Board Member
- Scott Henry: Board Member

### Locations

- Headquarters: San Diego, California, USA
- European operations: Amsterdam, The Netherlands (opened 2019)

### Funding & Investors

- Over $100M in funding raised (figure stated in the CEO's company bio)
- Investors named on the site: SoftBank Vision Fund, Qualcomm Ventures, Hercules Capital, ClearBridge Investments, and Satwik Ventures

## Recent News & Highlights

- [Brain Corp and UC San Diego Partner to Advance the Foundational Intelligence Layer for Physical AI](https://www.braincorp.com/resources/brain-corp-and-uc-san-diego-partner-to-advance-the-foundational-intelligence-layer-for-physical-ai): Collaboration on semantic mapping and contextual grounding for autonomous systems
- [Brain Corp and Driveline Launch ShelfOptix™](https://www.braincorp.com/resources/brain-corp-and-driveline-launch-shelfoptix-tm-the-first-fully-managed-robot-powered-shelf-intelligence-service): The first fully managed robot-powered shelf intelligence service
- [Tennant Company and Brain Corp Sign Exclusive Technology Agreement](https://www.braincorp.com/resources/tennant-company-and-brain-corp-sign-exclusive-technology-agreement-to-accelerate-robotic-floor-cleaning-innovation-and-adoption): Accelerating robotic floor cleaning innovation and adoption
- [Brain Corp Achieves SOC 2 Compliance](https://www.braincorp.com/resources/brain-corp-achieves-soc-2-compliance-reinforcing-trusted-enterprise-grade-deployment-of-ai-systems-at-scale): Reinforcing trusted enterprise-grade deployment of AI systems at scale
- [Albert Drives Smarter Shelf Execution with AI-Powered Inventory Scanning](https://www.braincorp.com/resources/albert-drives-smarter-shelf-execution-with-ai-powered-inventory-scanning-from-brain-corp): Dynamically identifying out-of-stocks and pricing errors across live store environments

## Key Statistics

- 50,000+ autonomous mobile robots deployed or enabled
- Deployed across 6 continents
- 25M+ hours of real-world autonomous operation (the Clean Suite page cites 23M+; figures vary by page)
- 10,000+ global brands and OEM partners powered
- #1 in deployed autonomous robots in public spaces (ABI Research)
- SOC 2 compliant with US data residency
- World's largest fleet of AMRs operating in commercial public spaces
- World's largest supplier of robotic inventory scanning technology (claim dates to the 2022 Sam's Club rollout)