Pio. As a trusted long-term innovation partner of Pio, we designed and built the next-generation tools to make warehouse automation accessible, building upon AutoStore’s grid-based robot solution.

The growth of e-commerce and changing customer demands have made supply chain efficiency more important than ever, with warehouses playing a pivotal role. While automation offers a quicker flow of goods, robotic systems are inaccessible for many smaller businesses due to their high costs and lengthy setup times. Manual sorting and packing remain the norm for many SMEs, consuming significant time and resources. In partnership with Pio, we saw an opportunity to address this challenge. Drawing on the expertise of their parent company, AutoStore, we developed a solution specifically designed to allow small and medium-sized businesses to access the benefits of automation.

We worked strategically and technically to transform AutoStore's technology and framework into a standalone product. We built Pio from scratch to offer a compact warehouse management system that simplifies storage and retrieval through custom robots and an intuitive app that works seamlessly with platforms like Shopify and ShipStation. In addition, we designed a modular website, including interactive tools like a savings calculator and Pio builder. Since then, we've researched, designed, built, and communicated the Pio product range, and helped Pio expand its internal team to create a scalable organisation with integrated hardware, sales, and service support.

• Python, FastAPI, Psql, Redis, Redis Stream, gRPC, Kubernetes, Azur
• Rust, WebSocket, JSON-RPC
• TypeScript, Next.js, React, React-three-fiber, XState, Zustand, React Query, SCSS
• Sanity

• R/GA (brand identity)
• Shestakovych Studio (CG)
• Martina Paukova (illustrations)
• Moxey.no (live-action film)