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Bedrock Robotics, which makes technology that turns heavy equipment into autonomous machines, announced a $600 million Series C round on Monday, according to Construction Dive. CapitalG and Emergence Capital co-led the round.
The raise brings Bedrock's total funding to nearly $1 billion. The post-money valuation for the overall enterprise is $4.1 billion.
Beyond excavators
With the new money, Bedrock aims to move beyond excavators toward mixed fleets of heavy machinery, per the company's announcement. Mixed fleets are where machine data, equipment interoperability and a shared view of the jobsite tend to matter most, though the sources do not describe Bedrock's data or telematics plans.
The company says it has more than doubled its customer volume since 2025. It stressed that its machines are doing paid work on active construction sites.
Named customers include Sundt Construction and Zachry Construction. Haydon, based in Tempe, Arizona, will use the machines on building and heavy civil projects, including data center jobs. Other customers listed in the announcement are Wagner Construction, B&S Site Development, Native Excavating, Clarkson Construction, C.W. Matthews, Smith Trucking Co. and ArchKey Solutions, the last for selected projects in Arkansas.
Bedrock, based in San Francisco, also said it hired Amy Jones Satrom as vice president of operations and Lando Juarez as general counsel as it builds out its infrastructure.
A wider pattern of physical AI funding
Construction Dive places the round in a broader run of capital going into robotics and physical AI for construction. Gravis Robotics, a Swiss startup backed by SoftBank, raised $200 million in a Series A in August. FieldAI, backed by Bill Gates, raised $405 million last year. Icon, which uses robots to 3D print large structures, announced a $200 million Series D on Oct. 13.
By comparison, contech firms often raise under $50 million, the outlet notes. Recent examples are Miter at $40 million, Wint at $36 million and Adaptive at $30 million.
Matter Venture Partners announced a second fund of $450 million in September, aimed at startups in robotics, semiconductors and physical AI. Founding partner Haomiao Huang told Forbes that better AI models, more compute, and demand tied to onshoring and data center construction are driving the growth.
A Bedrock spokesperson said the large rounds reflect the company's business trajectory and a growing recognition among customers that autonomy is becoming part of how projects get built.
