Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on the same page

Destro, a startup that raised $8 million, launched an AI-driven “Mothership” operating system that coordinates robots, carts, and human workers in Yusen Logistics cross-dock facilities. The system, built on open-weight vision-language-action models, pilots 26 robots in the Pacific Northwest and 17 in Southern California, replacing paper workflows and outperforming competitors that lack full process integration.