FedEx is investing in California-based Nimble, an AI robotics and autonomous ecommerce fulfilment technology company.

The goal is to scale FedEx’s fulfilment using Nimble’s fully autonomous 3PL model.

FedEx offers a comprehensive approach to help ecommerce and omnichannel brands make faster, smarter decisions about their supply chain. With more than 130 warehouse and fulfilment operations in North America and 475 million returns processed annually, FedEx is helping brands consolidate functions, increase agility and accelerate click-to-door speed to increase value throughout their supply chain.

“Our strategic alliance and financial investment with Nimble expand our footprint in the ecommerce space, helping to further scale our FedEx fulfilment offering across North America,” said Scott Temple, supply chain president at FedEx. “Nimble’s cutting-edge AI robotics and autonomous fulfilment systems will help FedEx streamline operations and unlock new opportunities for our customers.”

Simon Kalouche, CEO of Nimble (nimble.ai), added: “We’re thrilled to be engaging in this multifaceted alliance with a logistics industry leader like FedEx to pioneer and scale autonomous fulfilment This collaboration will help enable FedEx to leverage Nimble’s fast and cost-effective fulfilment centres, powered by our next-generation intelligent general purpose warehouse robots and AI technology.”

With the mission to make supply chains smarter, FedEx is continuing to optimise its physical and digital networks to deliver more for its customers and their consumers.

FedEx (fedex.com) provides transportation, ecommerce and business services. With annual revenue of $88bn, the company offers integrated business options using its flexible and intelligent global network. FedEx has more than 500,000 employees.