Acme RoboticsBoard of Directors · Confidential
Quarterly board update

Q3 2026
in review.

Revenue accelerated to an $18.4M ARR run-rate on 128% net revenue retention, Fleet OS 2.0 shipped to 40 sites, and Atlas‑3 cleared safety certification. Inside: the numbers, the roadmap, where risk sits — and what we're asking of this board.
October 2, 2026Board meeting date
Series B · $28MLast round, Feb 2026
San Jose, CAHQ · 146 employees
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Contents

What's in this update

Eight sections — from the topline numbers to the specific decisions we need from the board today.
01
Quarter in review
ARR, NRR, pipeline, runway
02
Revenue & growth trajectory
Seven quarters, $8.2M → $18.4M
03
Market & strategy
Why now, where we must execute
04
Product & roadmap
Fleet OS, Atlas‑3, Acme Vision
05
Team & organization
146 employees, hiring plan
06
Financial position & runway
$31.2M cash, 21 months
07
Key risks & mitigations
Five tracked, owners assigned
08
The ask
Four decisions for this board
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01 · Quarter in review

The four numbers that matter most

Growth accelerated while efficiency held — the combination we set out to prove this year.
$18.4M
ARR — exiting Q3 2026
↑ 14% QoQ · 61% YoY
Up from $16.1M in Q2 2026 and $11.4M a year ago.
128%
Net revenue retention
↑ 4 pts QoQ
Expansion from fleet upsells outpacing the 4% logo churn in the base.
3.4×
Pipeline coverage
Q4 target
$7.1M qualified pipeline against a $2.1M net-new ARR target.
21
Months of runway
$31.2M cash at a $1.48M current monthly net burn.
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02 · Revenue & growth trajectory

Seven straight quarters of acceleration

ARR more than doubled in six quarters — and the growth rate is climbing, not flattening: 14% QoQ this quarter versus 11% the quarter before.
ARR, end of quarter ($M)
8.2 9.6 11.4 13.2 14.9 16.1 18.4 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26
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03 · Market & strategy

Why now, and where we must execute

The macro case for warehouse and light-manufacturing automation hasn't been stronger — the job now is converting that tailwind into signed, retained enterprise revenue.
Why now — market tailwinds
  • Warehouse labor shortage persists — open logistics roles remain 480K+ above pre-2023 fill rates across our core U.S. markets.
  • Reshoring is real demand, not a headline — three of our top five Q3 prospects cited new domestic manufacturing capacity as the trigger.
  • Perception-stack costs keep falling — commodity sensors and compute let us cut Atlas‑3 bill-of-materials 19% YoY without touching payload spec.
  • Automation capital is available again — enterprise capex budgets for robotics grew for the first time in six quarters.
Where we must execute
  • Land enterprise faster — sales cycles stretched to 5.5 months; the new VP Enterprise Sales owns compressing this in Q4.
  • Hold the safety-certification edge — Atlas‑3's ISO 10218‑1 cert is a 6–9 month lead on our nearest competitor; we intend to widen it.
  • Prove the EU motion — Germany pilot is the template for a second geography; it has to land clean.
  • Deepen the Fleet OS moat — software attach rate on new hardware deals must hold above 90% as we scale.
$41B
Warehouse & light-manufacturing automation TAM by 2029, an 18% CAGR from today — we hold an estimated 0.3% share, entirely in North America.
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04 · Product & roadmap

Three ships this quarter, one on deck

Every major release this quarter was safety- or reliability-driven — the two things enterprise buyers actually gate on.
July 2026

Fleet OS 2.0 — general availability

Multi-site orchestration ships to all customers; one operator can now supervise fleets across separate facilities from a single console.

Live across 40 sites
August 2026

Atlas‑3 clears ISO 10218‑1

Our third-generation arm passed independent safety certification for collaborative operation — unlocking co-located deployments with no cage.

6–9 month lead on nearest peer
September 2026

Acme Vision — perception beta

New perception stack for low-light and mixed-SKU picking, live in beta with three design-partner sites ahead of a Q1'27 GA.

3 design partners live
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05 · Team & organization

146 people, hired deliberately

Headcount grew 24% year-to-date, concentrated in engineering and hardware — the functions that ship product and hold the safety-certification edge.
Engineering
58
Hardware & Robotics
34
Sales & CS
28
G&A
14
Ops & Field
12
146Total headcount
+18Net new, QoQ
+28Net new, YTD
What we're building toward
  • VP Enterprise Sales joined in August, rebuilding the pipeline motion around 5.5-month enterprise cycles.
  • Two safety engineers cross-trained on the ISO 10218‑1 certification playbook, closing our key-person risk.
  • Q4 hiring plan: 34 net new — split across enterprise sales, EU field ops, and firmware.
  • Regrettable attrition held at 4.1% trailing twelve months, against a 9% industry benchmark for the category.
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06 · Financial position & runway

$31.2M in the bank, 21 months of runway

Burn is climbing on plan as we staff EU expansion and enterprise sales — deliberate, and fully priced into the runway math below.
Monthly net burn, last 6 months ($M)
0.92
Apr
1.01
May
1.15
Jun
1.22
Jul
1.35
Aug
1.48
Sep
$31.2M
Cash on hand, Sept 30 2026
71%
Gross margin, trailing quarter
14mo
CAC payback period
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07 · Key risks & mitigations

Five risks we're actively tracking

Nothing here is a surprise to management — each has an owner and a target date, reviewed monthly at the leadership team level.
RiskSeverityMitigationOwner
Single-source motor supplier based in Taiwan
Medium
Qualifying a second supplier by Q4'26; holding an 8-week safety-stock buffer in the interim.
VP Hardware
Enterprise sales cycle lengthened from 4.1 to 5.5 months
Medium
VP Enterprise Sales hired in August; moving to a tiered pilot-to-contract motion for Q4 cohorts.
VP Sales
Well-funded competitor closed a $120M Series C in June
High
Doubling down on the Fleet OS software moat and multi-year contract incentives at renewal.
CEO
Key-person dependency on our safety-certification lead
Medium
Two engineers cross-trained this quarter; certification playbook now fully documented.
VP Hardware
EUR/USD FX exposure as the Germany pilot begins
Low
Contracting in EUR with local costs provides a natural hedge; no forward contracts needed yet.
CFO
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08 · The ask

Four decisions we need from this board

Everything above is context for these four — please come prepared to discuss.
01
Approve the FY2027 opex budget — +$9.4M
Funds the EU launch and 34 net-new hires across enterprise sales, EU field ops and firmware, targeting $32M ARR exiting FY2027.
02
Approve $1.2M capex for the Germany demo fleet
Covers the Atlas‑3 and Fleet OS hardware needed for the North Rhine‑Westphalia pilot to go live in Q4 2026.
03
Three targeted introductions
Enterprise logos in 3PL, automotive tier‑1, and e-commerce fulfillment — our three highest-value verticals this half.
04
Approve an outcome-based pricing pilot for top-tier accounts
Test usage-linked pricing with 3–5 of our largest customers ahead of a broader Q1 2027 rollout decision.
Thank you for the continued support this quarter. Full financial package and data room follow this deck by end of week.
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