The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies PaintJet: 2 models, $10.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
PaintJet is a Hendersonville, Tennessee-based construction robotics company developing autonomous painting robots for industrial and commercial building exteriors. Its Bravo robot has covered over 1.5 million square feet of building exteriors, addressing labor shortages in the industrial painting industry. PaintJet operates a hardware-as-a-service model and is expanding to regional hubs across the US Sun Belt and Midwest.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Models (2)
View all models →Previous platform
Bravo
Bravo is an autonomous painting robot designed for industrial and commercial building exterior painting. It is mounted on a lift or cherry picker and has covered over 1.5 million square feet of building exteriors.
Current platform
Bravo
PaintJet's Bravo is a modular exterior-painting robot attached to a lift/cherry-picker that sprays and coats large building and industrial surfaces; PaintJet reports it outpaces human painters roughly fourteenfold and has coated over 1.5 million square feet.
PaintJet on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Nick Hegeman Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Steve Wasilowski Co-Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Nick Hegemancofounder
- Steve Wasilowskicofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for PaintJet.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
PaintJet in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- AstroForge3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2024-01-01
$10M(reported)
Investors: Outsiders Fund, 53 Stations, Dynamo, Pathbreaker Ventures, MetaProp, VSC Ventures
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
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Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
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Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
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Methodology surface for PaintJet.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- AstroForge3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning PaintJet from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
PaintJet Raises 0M in Series A Funding
PaintJet raised 0M in Series A funding led by Outsiders Fund, with participation from 53 Stations, Dynamo, Pathbreaker Ventures, MetaProp, and VSC Ventures.
PaintJet is building big industrial robots for big industrial paint jobs
PaintJet, led by CEO Nick Hegeman, has developed 100% of its robotic technology in-house and covered over 1.5 million square feet of building exteriors in less than three years.
PaintJet puts robots to work in construction where labor is tight
PaintJet, based in Hendersonville, Tennessee, was founded by CEO Nick Hegeman and co-founders Steve Wasilowski and Sonia Chacko, covering 1.5 million square feet of building…
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- Revision history: /companies/paintjet/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- AstroForge3 models
Video
The EcoPaintJet Pro is a new solution in the field of application technology which enables fully automated painting with up to 100% paint usage and connecting product customization with automated manufacturing processes
#Job to #Robot: PaintJet: Revolutionizing Construction Painting with Robotics and AI 🎨🤖 #Robots looking for #jobs @jobtorob Discover PaintJet, the innovativ
Atomization experiment on 5/10/2019. - note waves in the paint tray. Intermittent paint flow is due to pumping air as well as paint to the spray gun
Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're spea
Reality vs attention
PaintJet draws attention at the 28th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 32 months ago.
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 18, 2026