# Gritt Robotics: robotics company

Canonical ID: `094f7776-73bd-43bc-909c-89dfaaa998da`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** [Puneet Puri](/people/puneet-puri.md)
- **CTO:** [Vishal Dugar](/people/vishal-dugar.md)
- **Total funding:** [USD 32.4M](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Series A:** USD 26M led by [Obvious Ventures](/investors/obvious-ventures.md) (July 2026)
- **DOE award:** Round 7 American-Made Solar Prize winner (2024) - USD 500K cash + USD 75K vouchers
- **Approach:** Retrofits AI-powered robotic arms onto off-the-shelf construction equipment
- **Head of AI:** [Anirudh Vemula](/people/anirudh-vemula.md)
- **Head of MechE:** [Felipe Roz](/people/felipe-roz.md)
- **Seed:** USD 6.4M led by [First Round Capital](/investors/first-round-capital.md)
- **Deployments:** 7+ job sites, 2 systems in field, contracted for 2.8 GW over 18 months
- **Productivity:** 3,000-4,000 panels/day with Gritt vs 800 panels/day manually (company-reported)
- **Target fleet:** 48 systems within 6 months (company-reported)
- **Customers:** 3 of top 10 US power construction companies
- **Hero image candidate:** https://www.gritt.ai/launch/hero-media/team-1920.jpg (source: official press kit gritt.ai)

- **Slug:** gritt-robotics
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2023
- **HQ:** Belmont, California, USA

## Models

- [Gritt Construction AI System](/models/gritt-construction-ai-system.md) (other) (id: `0c7c906d-2fea-44de-a902-128d4119b2ce`)

## Current leadership (8)

- [Felipe Roz](/people/felipe-roz.md) Head of MechE (secondary-verified)
- [Rishav Agarwal](/people/rishav-agarwal.md) Perception Engineer (secondary-verified)
- [Jorge Aldaco](/people/jorge-aldaco.md) Robot Builder (secondary-verified)
- [Puneet Puri](/people/puneet-puri.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Puneet Puri](/people/puneet-puri.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Vishal Dugar](/people/vishal-dugar.md) CTO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Vishal Dugar](/people/vishal-dugar.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Anirudh Vemula](/people/anirudh-vemula.md) Head of AI (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Gritt Robotics?

[Gritt Robotics](/companies/gritt-robotics) is a Bay Area construction robotics company building physical AI systems that automate labor-intensive tasks on outdoor construction sites, starting with utility-scale solar farms. Rather than building humanoid robots, Gritt bolts AI-powered robotic arms onto off-the-shelf construction equipment (skidders, telehandlers, excavators) from manufacturers like Kawasaki, enabling an 8-person crew to install 3,000-4,000 solar panels per day versus 800 manually. Founded in 2023 by Carnegie Mellon roboticists Puneet Puri and Vishal Dugar, the company has raised USD 32.4M from [Obvious Ventures](https://obvious.com), [Union Square Ventures](https://www.usv.com), and [First Round Capital](https://firstround.com), and is contracted to install 2.8 GW of solar over 18 months

### What does Gritt Robotics make?

Gritt Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Gritt Construction AI System (Gritt Robotics builds physical robots).

### Who competes with Gritt Robotics?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Gritt Robotics building in the same form factors include DJI, Boston Dynamics, Robotphoenix, Lightwheel.

### Where is Gritt Robotics headquartered?

Gritt Robotics is headquartered in Belmont, California, USA.

### Where does Gritt Robotics operate robots?

Gritt 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.


## Sources (1)

1. **Gritt Robotics Official Website** · https://www.gritt.ai/

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