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| Gritt, a startup founded by two Carnegie Mellon roboticists, exited stealth this week with $32 million in funding to deploy robots that build solar infrastructure. The Series A was led by Obvious Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures and Active Impact Investment. | |
| The pitch is straightforward: the global solar build-out is hitting a labor ceiling. Gritt’s AI-powered systems attach to off-the-shelf skidders and robotic arms, then handle the heavy lifting of unloading panels, carrying them to frames, and positioning them with sub-millimeter accuracy. An eight-person crew that typically installs 800 panels per day can hit 3,000 to 4,000 panels daily with Gritt’s system. | |
| The company already has contracts to help install 2.8 gigawatts of solar over the next 18 months, with three of the top 10 U.S. power construction companies as customers. CEO Puneet Puri says the goal is to “help civilization build infrastructure faster.” Next up: drilling posts, tying rebar, and eventually moving beyond solar into broader construction automation.
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