Gravis Robotics

Construction Robotics
$223Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
5open roles
$200Mlatest round · Series A · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
2backers · Pear VC, IQ Capital

Overview

Retrofit construction machines with autonomous technology. Increase productivity by 30% with safer sites and superhuman efficiency. Trusted by industry leaders.

How Gravis Robotics hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Median time to fill
34 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

Gravis Robotics scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 34 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Funding and backers

Total raised
$223M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$200M
Series A · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
5
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Pear VC, IQ Capital
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
43/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 17 Raised a round Series A $200M · Pulse 2.0 Nov 28, 2025 Raised a round Venture round $23M · Fortune 2022 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series A Aug 2026 $200M — Pulse 2.0
Venture round Nov 2025 $23M — Fortune
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Jobs

≈ $166k – $360k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Zurich
Python
Rust
C++
Protobuf
AI/ML
Copilot
Physical AI
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≈ $41k – $90k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Oxford
Copilot
Physical AI
Apply
≈ $115k – $300k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Zurich · Austin
Python
C++
Copilot
Reinforcement Learning
PyTorch
Physical AI
Robotics
ROS
CARLA
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Isaac Lab
Motion Planning
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Apply
In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Zurich
Python
C++
Copilot
Physical AI
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
Zenoh
Motion Planning
Apply
≈ $102k – $245k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Austin
Python
C++
Copilot
Physical AI
DevOps
Git
Linux
Robotics
ROS
Apply

Growth

Hiring Momentum
46/100
Stable
Open positions
5
1 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
35 days
faster than 37% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
20%
Robotics
20%
Hardware
10% ▼
Networking
10% ▼
Product
10% ▼
Management
10% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Zenoh to stack Oct 2026
Added Rust to stack Oct 2026
Added Protobuf to stack Oct 2026
Added GD&T to stack Oct 2026
Added SQL to stack Oct 2026
Added Weights & Biases to stack Sep 2026
Added Scale AI to stack Sep 2026
Added Multimodal AI to stack Sep 2026
Added MLFlow to stack Sep 2026
Added Kubernetes to stack Sep 2026
Added GitLab CI to stack Sep 2026
Added GitHub Actions to stack Sep 2026

Financials

Total raised
$223M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series A 2026 $200M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $23M Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Gravis Robotics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
40
Postings analysed
15
Stack modernity
73/100
Languages
Python53%
C++40%
Rust7%
SQL7%
Frameworks & libraries
ROS20%
PyTorch13%
Isaac Lab7%
MuJoCo7%
Cloud & platforms
Linux33%
AWS13%
Azure13%
GCP13%
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Connections

List
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Found in company registers, site code, DNS and hiring. Each connection shows how sure we are and the evidence, with its source and date.
Shared investors2
IQ CapitalVia a fund
59 portfolio companies: Machenta, Wobble Genomics, Undecimalbio and 56 more
Pear VCVia a fund
216 portfolio companies: Lore, Philo Labs, Sparse Labs and 213 more

News

News YahooFinance 3 months ago
Autonomous equipment tech firm Gravis Robotics raises $200M
Global investment firm SoftBank backed the Swiss startup, whichuses its proprietary machinery to turn heavy equipment into autonomous robots.
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News Pulse 2.0 3 months ago
Gravis Robotics Raises $200 Million Series A From SoftBank To Automate Heavy Construction Machinery
Gravis Robotics has raised $200 million in Series A funding from SoftBank to accelerate the global deployment of autonomous heavy construction machinery, describing the financing as the largest Series A in construction robotics history.
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News Fortune 12 months ago
Exclusive: Gravis Robotics raises $23M to bring AI autonomy to construction sites
The Swiss startup is aiming to automate construction equipment as the industry faces a severe shortage of skilled operators and surging demand.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
3
Busiest office
Zurich
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Zurich Switzerland
HQ
3 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, DevOps, Robotics
Thurgauerstrasse 66, Zürich, 8050, CH
seen since Jun 2026 company site, job postings
Austin United States
2 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Robotics
seen since May 2026 job postings
Oxford United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management
seen since Jul 2026 job postings