Bedrock Robotics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has raised $270 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $350 million.
San Francisco–based Bedrock, a company developing autonomous construction equipment, plans to use its newly raised funds to move from single autonomous machines to managing fully connected fleets, aiming to improve productivity and safety on construction sites.
In July 2025, Bedrock emerged from stealth mode with $80 million in Series A funding. It has been developing retrofit kits to convert excavators into self-sufficient devices ever since.
The CEO and co-founder of Bedrock Robotics, Boris Sofman, stated that the business is approaching a significant milestone.
“We’re working toward our first fully operatorless deployments later this year, and we’re in development and testing,” he stated. “This is a significant step. It demonstrates that our safety systems are prepared, our autonomy technology is advanced, and we have a thorough understanding of how these machines must operate on actual construction sites.”
Growing demand for automation in construction
Automation is in high demand in the construction industry, according to Bedrock. By 2040, the world will require $106 trillion in infrastructure investment, according to McKinsey.
There is a labour shortage in the construction sector at the same time. According to Associated Builders and Contractors, 349,000 additional workers will be required in 2026 alone.
NVIDIA’s venture arm, NVentures, MIT, Eclipse, 8VC, and Emergence Capital were among the major investors in the Series B funding round, which was led by CapitalG and the Valour Atreides AI Fund. Similar systems are now being used on construction equipment as autonomous vehicle technology grows more dependable.
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Focus on driverless deployments
Sofman said the new funding will be used to launch Bedrock’s first driverless machines.
“This year, we’ll deploy our very first driverless deployments,” he said. “After that, the focus will be on making them more robust, more versatile, and ready to scale.”
He added that much of the investment will go toward data collection and improving AI models.
“We’ll use data to train and test our systems, deploy them in the real world, and keep expanding,” Sofman said. “We can also rely on the existing construction equipment ecosystem to buy and manage machines.”
Sofman said Bedrock plans to grow into a large platform over time.
“We want to become a major ecosystem provider,” he said. “That will take years, so we’re investing in our team and expanding into new regions.”
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New leadership hires
Bedrock has bolstered its leadership team alongside the funding. After overseeing AI safety and alignment for Meta’s Llama models, Vincent Gonguet joined as head of evaluation.
John Chu, who brings experience from Waymo, where he helped scale engineering teams by 400%, joined as head of people.
According to Bedrock, the deployment of its first fully operator-less excavator later this year will be a significant advancement for autonomous construction, particularly for intricate devices like excavators.
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