The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Built Robotics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $194.0M raised. 11 sources back the record.
CategoryConstruction robots
Overview
Construction-robotics company (San Francisco) making the Exosystem heavy-equipment autonomy kit and the RPD 35 autonomous solar pile driver.
Reality check
Approach (company-claimed)
Retrofit kit for existing machines; works without GPS.
ARENA Solar Sunshot grant (company-claimed)
Up to A$13.3M (ARENA project page A$13.27M) via Solar Sunshot Round 2 for Brisbane-area manufacturing of autonomous solar piling robots; build and deploy 12 robot sets.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Founded
Founder and CEO
Products
Customers
Funding (reported, unconfirmed)
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
3
Patent documents
4
Web sources
3
11 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Built Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Blattner1× joint
- 2Geely Farizon1× joint2 total
- 3VITURE1× joint2 total
Most recent
- with Blattneroperating
Built Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2021. Explore where Built Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Built Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Noah Ready-Campbell Founder & CEOIR-verified
- Andrew Liang Co-founder & Lead Robotics Engineersecondary-verified
- Jim Delaney Engineering Directorsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Noah Ready-Campbellsolefounded 2016-01-01
- Andrew Liangcofounderfounded 2016-01-01
Board (2)
- Noah Ready-Campbell director
- Carl Bass director
Former / Previously (1)
- James Emerick Field Roboticssecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Built Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Built Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
Built Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Gritt2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Rugged Robotics2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
Mentioned on (21+)
Registry pages whose text names Built Robotics.
Companies (3)
AI systems (2)
Deployments (5)
HMND 01 at Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany, Einride Pod at Tennessee, Exosystem at United States, Exosystem at United States, Exosystem at Texas, USA
People (4)
About 471 more pages name Built Robotics and were not checked here.
Financial state
- Total funding
- $194.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 1 operating · 2 just announced
Every company Built Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Blattneroperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Blattner1× joint
- 2Geely Farizon1× joint2 total
- 3VITURE1× joint2 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- technology—just announced
- Built Robotics x Blattner Energy ConstructionwithBlattnerdeployment2026-06-15operating
Funding rounds (4)
Built Robotics’s 4 disclosed rounds, $194M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series C2022-04-01
$64M(reported) · $640M post
Investors: Addition (lead)
- Series B2021-01-01
$64M(reported) · $512M post
- Series B2019-09-01
$33M(reported) · $264M post
Investors: Founders Fund (lead)
- Series A2018-01-01
$33M(reported) · $198M post
Patent estate (4)
- US20240361762A1usptopendingassignee
- US12037769B1usptograntedassignee
- US12180670B1usptograntedassignee
- US11822342B1usptograntedassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Built Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: NVIDIA
2026-08-23Supply: Dual GPUs for Exosystem autonomous construction from NVIDIA
PartnershipBuilt Robotics x Blattner Energy Construction
2026-06-15Blattner awarded Built Robotics 5M contract to scale autonomous construction systems for energy infrastructure. Physical AI for construction.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2022-04-01Series C raising $64000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2021-01-01Series B raising $64000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2019-09-01Series B raising $33000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2018-01-01Series A raising $33000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment recordedSep 9, 2026
Exosystem at United States
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 8, 2026
Robots for the Solar Energy Revolution: The RPD 35 from Built Robotics
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Built Robotics Exosystem autonomous-excavator kit
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJan 7, 2026
Exosystem at United States
Sources (7)
- https://www.builtrobotics.com/solutions/solar-piling
- https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/07/built-robotics-raises-another-64m-to-make-construction-equipment-autonomous/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/built-robotics-digs-up-64m-for-construction-vehicle-autonomy-kits/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/built-robotics-develops-autonomous-solar-piling-robot/
- https://arena.gov.au/projects/built-robotics-solar-piling-robot-manufacturing-scale-up/ · 2026-10-12
- https://arena.gov.au/news/australian-made-solar-robots-move-towards-commercial-scale-with-32-3-million-in-arena-funding/ · 2026-10-13
- https://x.com/BuiltRobotics/status/2110127523761999875 · 2026-10-13
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Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-14
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-14
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Built Robotics.Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Gritt2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Rugged Robotics2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Built Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Blattner awards Built Robotics 5M contract for autonomous construction
Blattner awarded Built Robotics 5M contract to scale autonomous construction systems for energy infrastructure projects.
Autonomous construction bots are building the solar infrastructure behind Meta's massive Hyperion data center
Built Robotics' retrofitted autonomous pile drivers are installing up to 1,000 steel beams per day at a Louisiana solar site powering Meta's Hyperion data center.
Built Robotics raises 4 million for robotic excavator Exosystem
Built Robotics raised 4M for its Exosystem, an aftermarket kit for autonomous excavators. The company also announced the RPD 35 autonomous solar pile driver.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/built-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/built-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/82ac14bc-fe6b-437f-806d-5df717c61643
- Revision history: /companies/built-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Gritt2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Rugged Robotics2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender81/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Built Robotics draws attention at the 19th percentile but verifies reality at the 95th percentile among construction robots. Hype Gap -75.5, 29th widest among construction robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 5 verified deployments. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 17, 2026