Bedrock Robotics, a company developing advanced autonomous systems for the global construction industry, has emerged from stealth with $80 million in seed and Series A backing. Rather than design and sell costly new machinery, Bedrock upgrades customers’ existing heavy equipment fleets with reversible, same-day hardware and software installs to enable fully autonomous operations.
Founded by three former Waymo leaders — including the former head of its trucking program — and a fourth co-founder who previously led teams at Segment, Bedrock’s technology bridges the expanding gap between rapidly rising domestic infrastructure needs and shrinking workforce capacity, the company said.
“The construction industry is facing so much pressure with the soaring demand for new factories and data centers, the housing crisis, and the mandate for re-industrialization in the U.S.,” said Boris Sofman, CEO and co-founder of Bedrock Robotics. “The only way to rise to the occasion is by empowering construction teams with advanced automation they can trust. Together with our partners in the industry, we’re ushering in a new era where autonomy and intelligence supercharge building, which will benefit both contractors and society.”
By integrating with existing construction machines and workflows, the Bedrock Operator powers machines with expert capabilities, empowering builders with the ability to work around the clock, accelerate project schedules, increase profitability and safety and track progress on jobs. Bedrock’s systems are running on machines, starting with excavators, across active customer construction sites in Arizona, Texas and Arkansas. The latest funding rounds, Series A led by 8VC and Seed led by Eclipse, will help Bedrock grow its engineering, operations and commercialization teams, and help it reach its target of initial operator-less deployment in 2026.
Bedrock’s fundraising has also included participation from Two Sigma Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Crossbeam Venture Partners, Raine Group, Tishman Speyer, Atreides Management, Al Rajhi Partners and Samsara Ventures.
