--- title: Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on... description: Destro, a startup that emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed round led by Base10 Partners and Bonfire Ventures, builds an AI orchestration layer rather... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/destro-ai-s-secret-sauce-is-getting-robots-and-humans-on-the-same-page-zooa8vips twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on the same page | daily.dev og:description: Destro, a startup that emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed round led by Base10 Partners and Bonfire Ventures, builds an AI orchestration layer rather... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/destro-ai-s-secret-sauce-is-getting-robots-and-humans-on-the-same-page-zooa8vips og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZOoa8ViPS.png og:image:alt: Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on the same page og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on the same page **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Destro, a startup that emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed round led by Base10 Partners and Bonfire Ventures, builds an AI orchestration layer rather than robots themselves, coordinating both robots and human workers in logistics operations. Founder Manthan Pawar's 'Mothership' operating system directs carts, humans, and trucks together, distinguishing it from competitors who offer only point-to-point robot movement or fleet tools requiring human orchestration. Yusen Logistics piloted Destro's system at a Pacific Northwest facility using Miva Robotics cart-movers for cross-docking, and is now expanding to 26 robots plus a new 17-robot pilot in Southern California. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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