The Story
Graham Rihn founded RoadRunner Recycling in 2014 with a mission to fix commercial waste management through technology. The company uses AI and data analytics to help businesses optimize their waste and recycling programs, reducing costs and increasing diversion from landfills.
RoadRunner's platform connects businesses with a network of local haulers and recyclers, using data to match waste streams with the most efficient and environmentally responsible disposal options. The result is lower costs for businesses and better outcomes for the environment.
The company has raised significant venture funding and expanded nationally from its Pittsburgh headquarters in the Strip District, serving thousands of commercial locations across the country.
What Makes It Pittsburgh
RoadRunner is a perfect example of Pittsburgh's applied-technology DNA. The company takes cutting-edge AI and uses it to solve a deeply practical, unglamorous problem: commercial waste. That combination of technological sophistication and blue-collar pragmatism is quintessentially Pittsburgh.
The Strip District headquarters keeps RoadRunner connected to the city's startup ecosystem while the company's national scale demonstrates that Pittsburgh-built tech can compete anywhere.