Gravis raises US$200m to scale autonomous machinery

Andy Brown Head of Content, Construction and Engagement

18 August 2026

Gravis Robotics has raised US$200 million in Series A funding from SoftBank to scale its autonomous heavy machinery technology.

The company said the funding is the largest Series A in construction robotics history. Series A funding is a startup’s first major round of institutional venture capital financing.

Gravis, founded in 2022 and spun out of ETH Zurich, develops software for autonomous construction equipment. Its technology runs on the Gravis…

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