Built Robotics
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About Built Robotics
Built Robotics develops autonomous machines for utility-scale solar and infrastructure construction. RPD 35 surveys, distributes and drives steel piles, while RPS 25 locates, holds and aligns them during the paired installation sequence. Earlier autonomy deployments addressed trenching and earthmoving, but the current product focus is purpose-built solar piling equipment.
The machines combine RTK positioning, inertial sensing, vision, machine control and jobsite software while crews supervise operations and manage material flow. Built supplies the robots through a service model that includes mobilisation, field support and remote monitoring. The company reports more than 25 commercial deployments in the United States and Australia and US$114 million raised.
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Funding
- 2022-04-07 - Series C - $64M - Built Robotics raises USD 64M Series C
Built Robotics raised USD 64 million in Series C financing to scale autonomous construction equipment. - source: prnewswire.com
- 2019-09-19 - Series B - $33M - Built Robotics closes $33 million Series B
Built Robotics closed a $33 million Series B to scale autonomous construction-equipment deployments and enter additional construction verticals. - source: prnewswire.com
- 2017-09-26 - Series A - $15M - Built Robotics raises $15 million Series A
Built Robotics raised a $15 million Series A to develop autonomous guidance technology for construction equipment. - source: robohub.org
Investors
- Founders Fund - Participant - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2017-10-19 - latest 2022-04-07
- NEA - Lead - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2017-10-19 - latest 2022-04-07
- Building Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2019-09-19 - latest 2022-04-07
- Lemnos - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2017-10-19 - latest 2019-09-19
- Fifth Wall - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-04-07
- Next47 - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-09-19
- Presidio Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-09-19
- Tiger Global - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-04-07
Team
- Noah Ready-Campbell - Founder & CEO
- Andrew Liang - Co-Founder & Engineering Director
- Gaurav Kikani - President of Commercial Operations
- Paul Kelly - VP Business Development & General Manager, Australia
- Erol Ahmed - Vice President of Communications
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-13 - Contract Award - Built Robotics receives up to AUD13.3M ARENA manufacturing support
The project plans to manufacture and deploy 12 robotic piling systems for utility-scale solar construction. The hub will support domestic manufacturing, integration and testing, building on earlier Australian demonstrations.
Source - 2026-06-16 - Partnership - Built Robotics and Penn xLAB partner on physical AI for construction
The collaboration focuses on scanning jobsites with mobile robots equipped with sensor suites and building datasets for xLAB researchers. The scope is jobsite data capture and model development rather than a customer rollout or booked robot order.
Source - 2023-04-27 - Product Launch - Built Robotics launches RPD 35 for solar pile driving
RPD 35 combines layout, pile distribution, driving and as-built capture. The system is designed for utility-scale solar construction. The system is presented as three to five times faster than manual pile driving.
Source - 2022-04-07 - Funding - Built Robotics raises USD 64M Series C
Tiger Global led the round, bringing Built Robotics total funding to USD 112 million. The financing supported production of the Exosystem aftermarket autonomy kit for excavators. The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Built Robotics moves toward broader commercial use.
Source - 2019-09-19 - Funding - Built Robotics closes $33 million Series B
Series B: USD 33,000,000. Next47 led or provided the financing. Built Robotics closed a $33 million Series B to scale autonomous construction-equipment deployments and enter additional construction verticals.
Source - 2017-09-26 - Funding - Built Robotics raises $15 million Series A
Series A: USD 15,000,000. NEA led or provided the financing. Built Robotics raised a $15 million Series A to develop autonomous guidance technology for construction equipment.
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Relations
Relationships
- Penn xLAB
Research Partner - Research collaboration with Penn xLAB to capture construction-site data and develop physical-AI models for real-world site work.
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Context tags
- Construction robotics workflow - Workflow - Built Robotics builds robotic systems for construction jobsites.
- Construction-equipment autonomy stack - Stack Layer - Built Robotics transforms heavy equipment into autonomous construction robots.
- Autonomous construction equipment - Peer Group - Built Robotics offers autonomous equipment for solar piling, trenching and earlier earthmoving workflows.
- Construction infrastructure sites - Customer Environment - Built Robotics cites deployments across U.S. and Australian infrastructure jobsites.
- Solar construction robotics - Peer Group - Built Robotics markets RPD 35 and RPS 25 for utility-scale solar construction.
- Physical AI training data - Stack Layer - The Penn xLAB collaboration is framed around construction-site data capture for physical-AI model development.
Commercial
- Built Robotics receives up to AUD13.3M ARENA manufacturing support
2026-10-13 · Order / contract · ARENA awarded Built Robotics Australia up to AUD13.3 million to establish a Brisbane manufacturing hub and operations centre for autonomous solar piling systems.
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