The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies SafeAI: 1 model, $26.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryRobotaxis
Overview
SafeAI is a Sunnyvale-based autonomous heavy equipment company that retrofits industrial vehicles like dump trucks, dozers, and loaders for autonomous operation in mining and construction. Founded by former self-driving car engineer Bibhrajit Halder, SafeAI has partnered with MACA to retrofit a fleet of 100 mixed vehicles and collaborated with Obayashi Corporation on a self-driving battery electric haul truck. The company has raised 8M in total funding.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
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SafeAI on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Bibhrajit Halder Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Bibhrajit Haldersole
Safety record
No incidents on record for SafeAI.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
SafeAI in third-party press
Peer companies
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships (1)
- SafeAI x MACA with MACAdeployment
Funding rounds (2)
SafeAI’s 2 disclosed rounds, $26M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series A2021-06-22
$21M(reported)
- Seed2019-06-18
$5M(reported)
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Prontofull acquisition
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for SafeAI.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning SafeAI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
SafeAI brings in 8M for construction retrofit kits
SafeAI raised 8M total for its flexible, interoperable autonomous retrofit kits for construction and mining heavy equipment.
SafeAI and MACA partner to create autonomous heavy equipment fleet
SafeAI partnered with MACA to retrofit a fleet of 100 mixed vehicles for autonomous operation in mining.
SafeAI raises 1 million to build smart vehicles for heavy industry
SafeAI raised 1M to retrofit industrial vehicles like dump trucks for autonomous operation, led by founder and CEO Bibhrajit Halder who left self-driving cars to focus on heavy…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/safeai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/safeai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/72778b57-ab70-414a-a907-c2704662cddd
- Revision history: /companies/safeai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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Reality vs attention
SafeAI draws attention at the 3rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among AVs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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Dimension breakdown
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Attention (reach, not merit)
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 17, 2026