Autonomous construction technology startup Bedrock Robotics Inc. announced today that it has raised $270 million in new funding as it aims to transform how general contractors build, from deploying individual autonomous machines to orchestrating fully connected fleets.

Founded in 2024 by experienced engineers, including veterans from Waymo LLC, Bedrock Robotics builds advanced autonomous systems for heavy construction equipment. The company applies machine intelligence to solve longstanding challenges in the construction industry, including autonomy solutions that help builders work faster, safer and more efficiently on large infrastructure projects.

Bedrock’s main platform, Bedrock Operator, offers a suite of hardware and software that transforms everyday heavy machinery, such as excavators, bulldozers and loaders, into autonomous assets. Operator uses sensors such as LiDAR, GPS and high-definition cameras, along with onboard computing, to perceive the environment, understand site conditions and carry out complex work tasks with high precision, instead of requiring human operators for every task.

The technology used can be retrofitted into existing equipment and installed without permanent modifications to allow construction companies to upgrade existing fleets rather than buy entirely new machines. The platform also offers advanced planning and real-time mapping that actively adjusts actions as conditions evolve to help machines work around problems and complete tasks reliably.

Bedrock’s solutions come at a time when the U.S. construction industry needs nearly 800,000 workers over the next two years to keep up with demand, with project backlogs already climbing to eight months as of December 2025. Bedrock says that contractors are exploring its autonomy systems across a range of applications spanning port infrastructure, industrial facilities, data centers and large-scale earthmoving operations across multiple states.

“The construction industry is being asked to build more than it can deliver,” explained co-founder and Chief Executive Boris Sofman. “Contractors are pulled across competing priorities with the same limited workforce and equipment.”

The Series B funding round was led by CapitalG LP and Valor Atreides AI Fund, with Xora Innovation, 8VC Management, Eclipse Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Perry Creek Capital, NVentures, Tishman Speyer Properties LP, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgian Partners, Incharge Capital and C4 Ventures also participating.

“Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing into construction, but the workforce simply isn’t there to meet the moment,” said Derek Zanutto, general partner at CapitalG. “Every major hyperscaler and developer is grappling with how to compress project schedules when labor constraints keep pushing them out. Bedrock’s technology is built on world-class autonomy expertise and we believe it will unlock the construction velocity this moment requires.”

The new funding takes the total raised by Bedrock Robotics to more than $350 million.

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