{"id":"82ac14bc-fe6b-437f-806d-5df717c61643","name":"Built Robotics","slug":"built-robotics","description":"[Construction](/companies/construction-robotics)-robotics company (San Francisco) making the Exosystem heavy-equipment autonomy kit and the RPD 35 autonomous solar pile driver.","status":"private","founded":2016,"hq":"San Francisco, California, USA","hqLat":37.7879363,"hqLng":-122.4075201,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-05T14:23:12.075Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"builtrobotics.com","fundingTotal":"194000000","type":"both","roles":["robot_maker","robot_operator"],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":81,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.builtrobotics.com/solutions/solar-piling","title":"Built RPD 35 autonomous solar piling system","sourceName":"Built Robotics (official)"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/07/built-robotics-raises-another-64m-to-make-construction-equipment-autonomous/","title":"Built raises $64M Series C (~$112M total); Exosystem retrofit kit","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/built-robotics-digs-up-64m-for-construction-vehicle-autonomy-kits/","title":"Built $64M for construction-vehicle autonomy kits (Exosystem)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/built-robotics-develops-autonomous-solar-piling-robot/","title":"Built develops autonomous solar piling robot (RPD 35)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://arena.gov.au/projects/built-robotics-solar-piling-robot-manufacturing-scale-up/","title":"Built Robotics Solar Piling Robot Manufacturing & Scale-up","sourceName":"ARENA","publishedAt":"2026-10-12"},{"url":"https://arena.gov.au/news/australian-made-solar-robots-move-towards-commercial-scale-with-32-3-million-in-arena-funding/","title":"Australian-made solar robots move towards commercial scale","sourceName":"ARENA news","publishedAt":"2026-10-13"},{"url":"https://x.com/BuiltRobotics/status/2110127523761999875","title":"Built Robotics ARENA funding announcement","sourceName":"X/@BuiltRobotics","publishedAt":"2026-10-13"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"HQ","value":"San Francisco, California, USA"},{"label":"Founded","value":"2016"},{"label":"Founder and CEO","value":"Noah Ready-Campbell, ex-Google PM."},{"label":"Products","value":"Exosystem autonomy kit for excavators; RPD 35 autonomous solar pile driver."},{"label":"Approach (company-claimed)","value":"Retrofit kit for existing machines; works without GPS."},{"label":"Customers","value":"Solar farms, residential and infrastructure projects."},{"label":"Funding (reported, unconfirmed)","value":"$33M Series A and $64M Series B; about $97M+ total."},{"label":"ARENA Solar Sunshot grant (company-claimed)","value":"Up to A$13.3M (ARENA project page A$13.27M) via Solar Sunshot Round 2 for Brisbane-area manufacturing of autonomous solar piling robots; build and deploy 12 robot sets."}],"aliases":["Built","Built Robotics Inc"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T17:38:50.354Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T01:59:49.496Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/built-robotics","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/built-robotics","name":"Built Robotics","alternateName":["Built","Built Robotics Inc"],"description":"[Construction](/companies/construction-robotics)-robotics company (San Francisco) making the Exosystem heavy-equipment autonomy kit and the RPD 35 autonomous solar pile driver.","identifier":"82ac14bc-fe6b-437f-806d-5df717c61643","foundingDate":"2016","address":"San Francisco, California, USA","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":null,"lifecycle_state":null,"architectural_position":{"cohort":null,"sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":7,"primary_source_types":["primary-company-ir","secondary-industry-publication","secondary-trade-publication"]}}}