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Our Story

FORT was built to solve one of the most overlooked challenges in robotics and autonomy: trust.

The company was founded in 2018 by Samuel Reeves, whose decade of work in landmine clearance revealed a critical gap: while AI and robotics were advancing rapidly, the infrastructure required to ensure safe, secure operation in the real world did not exist.

FORT Robotics was founded to fill that gap with a first-of-its-kind distributed control platform that enables machines to operate reliably, communicate securely, and act safely at scale.

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Our Impact

Today, FORT is trusted by hundreds of organizations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies and leaders in robotics and AI.

Across industries such as warehousing, construction, defense, agriculture, and transportation, we empower our customers to build and operate systems that function safely in complex work environments. 

Our distributed control platform is a unified suite of hardware, software, and ecosystem integrations that help reduce risk, prevent failures, and maintain control — maximizing machine productivity without jeopardizing safety.

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Our Team

Our team brings together an unmatched collection of experts in robotics, safety systems, and secure communications. Together, these technologists have spent their careers solving the most complex and dangerous aspects of robotics in high-risk, real-world environments.

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Senior Leadership

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Samuel Reeves
Founder & CEO

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Nathan Bivans
Founding CTO

Sarah Keim, FORT Robotics

Sarah Keim
 Chief People Officer

Rinus Strydom, FORT Robotics

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 CRO

 

Austin Blais, FORT Robotics

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VP of Sales

Amod Damle

Amod Damle
Head of Product

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Jon Ibrahim
Sr. Dir. of Customer Experience

Scott Zappetti

Scott Zappetti
 Interim CFO

 

Investors

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Stanley
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Mark Cuban
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Our Values 

Think Out Loud
Think Out Loud
No one person has all the answers. Inspiration comes when great minds come together and challenge each other.
Deliver Customer Experience Worthy of Loyalty
Deliver Customer Experience Worthy of Loyalty
We seek deep understanding of customer needs and aspirations, and build trust through expert guidance and high-quality delivery.
Own Your Priorities
Own Your Priorities
Our employees are proactive and driven to personally contribute to the long-term goals of the business.
Accomplish the Impossible
Accomplish the Impossible
Creating a new category requires curiosity and belief in our ability to realize an ambitious vision.
Build Together
Build Together
Diverse, inclusive teams accomplish more than the sum of their parts.

At FORT, we build together. 

We believe the technologies that enable humans and robots to work side by side productively should be built by and built for every kind of human. 

 

To us, that means creating a sense of genuine belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, physical or mental ability– for every kind of human.

We work hard to be proactively inclusive in the way we hire our employees, lead our teams, design our products, choose our partners, and serve our customers.  Like any good builder, we stay open to new ideas, welcome constructive advice, and are constantly improving on the things we make and the way we treat each other.

 

Join a team of dedicated professionals committed to transforming robot safety and security.

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