Autonomous construction startup Bedrock raises $270m

Rollers will likely be one of the first pieces of construction equipment to operate autonomously on sites. Image: Wirtgen Group

The round was co-led by CapitalG and Valor Equity Partners through its Valor Atreides AI Fund, with participation from investors including NVIDIA’s venture capital arm NVentures. The funding brings Bedrock’s total investment to more than US$350 million.

Boris Sofman, co-founder and chief executive of Bedrock Robotics, said the construction industry faces growing pressure to deliver projects despite labour shortages. “The construction industry is being asked to build more than it can deliver,” he said. “Contractors are pulled across competing priorities with the same limited workforce and equipment.”

Bedrock is developing technology designed to allow contractors to operate fleets of autonomous machines on large-scale projects.

Labour shortages remain a major challenge for the sector. Industry estimates suggest construction in the US alone could require around 800,000 additional workers over the next two years.

Bedrock said contractors are testing its autonomy systems across applications including port infrastructure, industrial facilities, data centres and large-scale earthmoving projects.

Alongside the funding round, Bedrock said it has expanded its leadership team and is targeting its first fully operator-less excavator deployments with customers in 2026.