Overview
Gritt is a physical AI startup building robotic systems for construction site automation, starting with utility-scale solar panel installation. Founded in 2022 by CMU-trained roboticists Puneet Puri (CEO) and Vishal Dugar (CTO), the company attaches AI-controlled robotic arms to existing jobsite equipment like skid steers and forklifts to perform pick-and-place, assembly, and transport tasks with millimeter precision. Gritt exited stealth in July 2026 with $32.4M in total funding, backed by Obvious Ventures , Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, and others.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Fundingsee investors →
CEO
CTO
Head of AI
Head of MechE
Total fundingsee investors →
Series A
Seed investors
Series A investors
DOE Solar Prize
Deployments
Customers
Throughput
Financial stage
Data & sources
News coverage
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (6)
- Puneet Puri CEO & Co-founderSEC-verified
- Vishal Dugar CTO & Co-founderSEC-verified
- Anirudh Vemula Head of AISEC-verified
- Felipe Roz Head of MechESEC-verified
- Jorge Aldaco Robot BuilderSEC-verified
- Rishav Agarwal Perception EngineerSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Puneet Puricofounderfounded 2022-01-01
- Vishal Dugarcofounderfounded 2022-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Gritt.
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
Gritt in third-party press
Gritt Launches with $32.4M to Build Physical AI for Accelerating the World's Infrastructure Buildout
Gritt Launches with $32.4M to Build Physical AI for Accelerating the World's Infrastructure Buildout
Gritt Robotics Raises $32.4 Million to Automate Solar Farm Construction
Financial state
- Reporting period
- 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Reporting basis
- private_disclosed
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (2)
- Series A2026-07-21
$26M(reported)
Investors: Obvious Ventures (lead), Union Square Ventures, Active Impact Investments
- Seed2024-01-01
$6M(reported)
Investors: First Round Capital, Climactic, Congruent Ventures, VSC Ventures
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 23, 2026
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Sources (1)
- Gritt exits stealth with $32 million for robots to build solar plants: then, everything else · https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/gritt-exits-stealth-with-34-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else/
Common questions
- What is Gritt?
- Gritt is a physical AI startup building robotic systems for construction site automation, starting with utility-scale solar panel installation. Founded in 2022 by CMU-trained roboticists Puneet Puri (CEO) and Vishal Dugar (CTO), the company attaches AI-controlled robotic arms to existing jobsite equipment like skid steers and forklifts to perform pick-and-place, assembly, and transport tasks with millimeter precision. Gritt exited stealth in July 2026 with $32.4M in total funding, backed by Obvious Ventures, Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, and others.
- What does Gritt make?
- Gritt has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Gritt Solar Construction System (Gritt builds physical robots).
- Who is the CEO of Gritt?
- Puneet Puri is the ceo of Gritt, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Gritt headquartered?
- Gritt is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.
- How much funding has Gritt raised?
- Gritt has raised approximately $32M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does Gritt operate robots?
- Gritt 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.
- When was Gritt founded?
- Gritt was founded in 2022.
- Is Gritt safe?
- Gritt 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 2026-07-23
Verification posture
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Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-07-23
Sources by quality tier
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- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
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Methodology surface for Gritt.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Gritt from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Gritt Launches with $32.4M to Build Physical AI for Accelerating the World's Infrastructure Buildout
Yahoo Finance republishes the BusinessWire press release on Gritt's $32.4M launch and its systems already building critical infrastructure in harsh outdoor environments.
Gritt Launches with $32.4M to Build Physical AI for Accelerating the World's Infrastructure Buildout
Official press release: Gritt launched with $32.4M in pre-seed and Series A funding, with systems already deployed on real construction sites placing tens of thousands of solar…
Gritt Robotics Raises $32.4 Million to Automate Solar Farm Construction
Startup Fortune covers Gritt's stealth exit and its approach of mounting AI software onto rented excavators and telehandlers, automating solar panel placement and racking assembly…
Gritt exits stealth with 2 million for robots to build solar plants
Gritt exits stealth with 2M in funding from Obvious Ventures for robots designed to build solar plants, with plans to expand to other construction tasks.
Venture capital & startup funding roundup, July 21, 2026: Tiger Global, FinSight Ventures, Atreides Management, and Coinbase
TechStartups lists Gritt's $26M Series A in its daily funding roundup, noting the company is automating solar plant construction with AI-powered construction robotics.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/gritt.md
- RSS feed: /companies/gritt/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/42374a54-b25b-452a-b818-1bda2a7982d9
- Revision history: /companies/gritt/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Video
Gritt AI just raised $32M to answer one question: Can physical AI build the world faster than the construction workforce is disappearing? In this deep dive, I
Gritt is building AI-powered robots that work on real construction sites — starting with solar. Construction productivity has dropped 46% since 1965 while every
Gritt is building AI-powered robots that work on real construction sites — starting with solar. Construction productivity has dropped 46% since 1965 while every
Gritt has secured $34 million to transform solar panel installation with AI-driven robots. The startup aims to install 2.8 gigawatts of solar panels in just 18