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Overview
Charge Robotics is an American construction robotics company founded in 2021 by MIT alumni Banks Hunter and Max Justicz, developing portable robotic factories that automatically assemble and install solar farm sections. The company is Y Combinator (S21) backed by Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Energy Impact Partners.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Focus
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Technology
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Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (1)
View all models →Current leadership (2)
- Banks Hunter Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Max Justicz Co-Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Banks Huntercofounder
- Max Justiczcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Charge 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 →
Recent coverage
Charge Robotics in third-party press
NIT Raipur Hosts ‘Robo Show’ to Showcase Industrial Robotics, Strengthen Industry–Academia Collaboration - PIB
Lowering the Cost of Utility Scale Solar With Robots - NextBigFuture.com
MIT graduates' startup develops revolutionary portable factories: 'We think of this as the Henry Ford moment' - The Cool Down
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
- Brokk1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- 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.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 27, 2026
unreviewed -> reviewed
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Charge Robotics?
- Charge Robotics is an American construction robotics company founded in 2021 by MIT alumni Banks Hunter and Max Justicz, developing portable robotic factories that automatically assemble and install solar farm sections. The company is Y Combinator (S21) backed by Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Energy Impact Partners.
- What does Charge Robotics make?
- Charge Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Sunrise (Charge Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with Charge Robotics?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Charge Robotics building in the same form factors include Advanced Construction Robotics, PaintJet, Scaled Robotics, AES Corporation.
- Who is the CEO of Charge Robotics?
- Banks Hunter is the ceo of Charge Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Charge Robotics headquartered?
- Charge Robotics is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Where does Charge Robotics operate robots?
- Charge Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Charge Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Charge Robotics ranks in roughly the top 96% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is Charge Robotics safe?
- Charge Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-04
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-04
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Charge Robotics.Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
- Brokk1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Charge Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
NIT Raipur Hosts ‘Robo Show’ to Showcase Industrial Robotics, Strengthen Industry–Academia Collaboration - PIB
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Lowering the Cost of Utility Scale Solar With Robots - NextBigFuture.com
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MIT graduates' startup develops revolutionary portable factories: 'We think of this as the Henry Ford moment' - The Cool Down
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Boston robotics startup gets funding from Australian government - The Business Journals
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How robotics is reshaping solar module installation - pv magazine Global
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Charge Robotics Revenue 2024: $2M Est. ARR, $5.9M Valuation - GetLatka
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MIT-based startup launches solar construction robotic system - pv magazine USA
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Robotics Start-Up Revolutionizes Solar Installation with Portable Factories - Assembly Magazine
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Startup Charge Robotics: autonomous robot technology - fully autonomous system 'Sunrise' for solar construction - Xpert.Digital - Konrad Wolfenstein
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Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories - MIT News
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This solar-building robot is designed to solve one of the industry’s biggest problems - Fast Company
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Charge Robotics Completes First Deployment of Sunrise Solar Construction Robotics System - newswire.com
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/charge-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/charge-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e16a1d28-2c87-4026-9049-62a75807c300
- Revision history: /companies/charge-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
- Brokk1 model
Reality vs attention
Charge Robotics draws attention at the 32nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among construction robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Jul 19, 2026