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FieldAI, a robotics startup building software to help robots navigate challenging environments, has reached $100 million in revenue and customer contracts. The company, founded in 2023, serves 30 customers across Europe, Asia and the US in construction, data centres and defence. FieldAI develops a "universal general-purpose brain" that works across various robots, from humanoids to drones, enabling autonomous operation in unpredictable settings. Last year, the startup raised $405 million from investors including Jeff Bezos' family office, Emerson Collective, Khosla Ventures and Nvidia's venture arm, valuing it at $2 billion. The company's software uses physics and probability to build "risk-aware" AI that requires less training data than competitors. CEO Ali Agha previously spent seven years at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory developing autonomous systems.

Robot startup FieldAI hits $100 million valuation milestone with autonomous navigation technology Jun 26, 2026, 10:00 AM [Original] FieldAI, which develops general-purpose software for robots, announced that its revenue and total customer contract value have exceeded $100 million. The company provides autonomous operation solutions for complex environments such as mines and construction sites, and is backed by well-known investors including Bezos Expeditions and Nvidia. * FieldAI said its revenue and customer contract total has exceeded $100 million. * The startup's software helps robots operate in mines, construction sites, and factories. * Investors including Bezos Expeditions, Nvidia, and Khosla Ventures have supported FieldAI. Robot startup FieldAI has reached the $100 million milestone. The company, which develops software to help robots navigate challenging environments like mines and construction sites, said its revenue and customer contract total has grown to over $100 million. CEO and co-founder Ali Agha told Business Insider that the contracts come from 30 customers in Europe, Asia, and the US. "We have seen very, very rapid growth in the past few months," Agha said. Founded in 2023, FieldAI is building a "universal brain" that can work across robots, tasks, and environments. Its software runs on a range of machines from humanoid robots and robot dogs to drones and industrial rovers, helping them operate safely and autonomously in unpredictable environments. Last year, the startup raised $405 million from investors including Jeff Bezos's family office, Laurene Powell Jobs's Emerson Collective, Khosla Ventures, Nvidia's venture capital arm, mining giant BHP, and Intel. That funding round valued FieldAI at $2 billion. FieldAI is headquartered in Irvine and the Bay Area in California, and has hired robotics and AI talent from Google DeepMind, Waymo, Tesla, Nvidia, Boston Dynamics, and Amazon. Its customers include construction companies, data center operators, defense firms, and more. FieldAI's robot software is already used in the real world FieldAI is one of the few robot startups that has paying customers using its software to operate robots in real-world settings. Many companies are still in robot development or pilot stages due to lack of real-world training data. While AI chatbots are trained on vast amounts of text and images from the internet, no comparable database exists yet for robotics. Agha said FieldAI's edge comes from developing software called Field Foundation Models, which does not require massive training data for each task. Instead, the company uses physics and probability theory to build "risk-aware" AI that can make safe decisions under uncertainty. This allows FieldAI to deploy robots for customers faster than competitors. Initially, robots equipped with FieldAI's "brain" perform basic tasks and collect data from real work. FieldAI uses that data to optimize its software, which then helps robots handle more complex situations. "If you don't have this architecture, it's a chicken-and-egg problem," Agha said. "You can't deploy because you need data to have a working model, and you need a brain to deploy so you can collect data in the real world." In construction, for example, FieldAI's robots can patrol work sites and take photos to update digital copies of building plans. Agha noted that this work is usually done by people walking around the site, but robots are better suited because they can operate 24/7 and produce more detailed, accurate records. Data collected by robots on site helps optimize FieldAI's software and allows it to add more robot capabilities over time. Khosla Ventures among investors backing FieldAI Kanu Gulati, a partner at Khosla Ventures and an investor in FieldAI, first saw the startup when Agha visited the firm's Menlo Park office with an early prototype. The robot navigated from the backyard to the garage on its own, created a 3D map, and found its way down a steep flight of stairs. "It was impressive," Gulati said. Gulati said the market opportunity for robots in industries like construction, mining, and nuclear power plants became obvious after talking to potential customers. She noted that FieldAI has an advantage because its robots are already deployed and collecting data from real work. This gives the company "likely the best shot at executing the next generation of complex tasks," including moving materials and handling larger objects, Gulati said. While FieldAI is still in early stages, Agha envisions a future where robots of all shapes and sizes operate throughout the economy. "We're going to see robots in virtually every aspect of our lives, starting from the industrial side and then moving into the consumer side," he said. Agility Robotics is another company with real-world deployments, including at Amazon warehouses and GXO logistics facilities. The humanoid robot company plans to go public through a transaction valuing it at around $2.5 billion. This article was originally translated from Business Insider TW with AI assistance and reviewed by human editors.

Innovo and FieldAI bring general-purpose robots to the Middle East. 2 minutes read Innovo Group, the leading construction company across the UAE's built environment, has partnered with FieldAI, a physical AI category leader, to bring general-purpose robots to live construction environments across the Middle East. The partnership's first project is Ghaf Woods in Dubai, a landmark AED 1.7 billion biophilic residential community by Majid Al Futtaim. For Innovo, the collaboration reflects a deliberate strategy to use live construction environments to operationalise advanced technologies that can reshape productivity, safety, quality control, and project delivery. This approach is a core part of a wider technology ecosystem that includes collaborations with academia, startup accelerators, and global venture capital firms. FieldAI is the leader in deploying general-purpose robots in unstructured settings that are otherwise too complex and unpredictable for robots. Active construction sites are among the most demanding environments - safety-critical, constantly evolving, and defined by the unpredictable proximity of people, heavy machinery, and complex terrain. Ghaf Woods adds the vast scale of the development and the intensity of the UAE's climate, including extreme heat. If a robot can operate here, it can operate almost anywhere. The production deployment will start with autonomous site progress monitoring, real-time documentation, environmental understanding, and data capture in areas that are difficult, repetitive, or operationally complex for human teams, especially in the extreme heat of the UAE's climate. FieldAI's universal robot "brain" works across many robot types and tasks. It starts with monitoring and modeling missions and expands across the full spectrum of physical work, including site logistics, dexterous manipulation, and multi-robot coordination. Each new capability creates compounding value, increasing the return on every robot already deployed. Douglas Zuzic, Chief Digital Officer at Innovo Group, said: "Innovo's live construction sites provide a unique opportunity to deploy and scale frontier technologies in one of the most demanding operating environments in our industry... At Innovo, we are not approaching innovation as a side initiative; we see the built environment as a platform for scaling and operationalising technologies that can change the UAE's built environment. Our partnership with FieldAI reflects our commitment to leading that shift from the region." Ali Agha, CEO of FieldAI, said: "FieldAI is scaling production deployments around the world to bring the promise of AI off the screen, beyond structured settings, and out into the field where most of the world's physical work takes place. The Middle East is one of the most important regions for that work over the next decade. It's an honor to partner with Innovo Group on complex, large-scale projects such as Ghaf Woods, where the demands are greatest." This partnership directly supports the UAE's National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031, which aims to position the nation as a global leader in AI. By operationalising advanced robotics in a key non-oil sector, Innovo is demonstrating how large-scale infrastructure projects can serve as platforms to scale technologies that drive economic diversification and innovation-led growth. As one of the least digitised major industries globally despite its economic significance, construction presents a significant opportunity for transformation through the adoption of AI, robotics, and data-driven systems. By integrating these technologies into large-scale developments, Innovo is helping accelerate the sector's transition towards more intelligent, resilient, and technology-enabled delivery.