Gritt, a physical AI and robotics company developing intelligent systems for large-scale infrastructure construction, launched with $32.4 million in pre-seed and Series A funding. The $26 million Series A was led by Obvious Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures, Active Impact Investments, First Round Capital, Climactic, Congruent Ventures and VSC Ventures.
Bringing Physical AI to Construction Sites
Gritt combines robotic arms and AI with existing construction equipment, including skid steers and forklifts, to automate material handling, assembly and transportation with millimeter precision. Real-time jobsite data also helps improve decision-making across projects such as solar farms, data centers, bridges and roads.
“Every industry has embraced automation, but outdoor construction sites are exposed, with unforgiving terrain and variable weather. You can’t tell a construction site to be less muddy or to stop snowing,” said Puneet Puri, CEO and co-founder of Gritt. “Gritt’s physical AI is designed to work in this unstructured, outdoor world. Infrastructure is what moves civilization forward, and now Gritt can help build it faster — including solar arrays, data centers, bridges, and roads.”
“Nobody is solving the repetitive, high-volume manual work that shapes the world’s infrastructure,” said Vishal Dugar, CTO and co-founder at Gritt. “We need an intelligence layer that can complete dexterous tasks and make decisions in an environment that changes every hour. This is one of the most challenging frontiers in physical AI.”
Scaling Autonomous Infrastructure Construction
Gritt’s machines are already operating on construction sites, including projects managed by leading U.S. construction companies. Systems attach to existing equipment and perform repetitive tasks alongside workers, including the autonomous placement of tens of thousands of solar panels with zero breakages.
“Every wave of automation started with someone willing to go where the work was hardest and least predictable,” said Andrew Beebe, Managing Director at Obvious Ventures. “Gritt is bringing physical AI to the toughest construction sites in the world. Every site they deploy builds the flywheel that makes the system smarter and more capable. That’s a compounding advantage that’s challenging to replicate from the outside. We look forward to helping Gritt build this new and ambitious category in physical AI.”
The funding will support development and deployment of Gritt’s physical AI systems, with future capabilities focused on resource management, problem anticipation and automated decision-making across complex construction sites.