Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else
TechCrunch AI Tim Fernholz
Gritt, a robotics startup founded by Carnegie Mellon engineers, exited stealth with $34 million in total funding to deploy AI-controlled systems for solar panel installation. The company's robots increased installation capacity from 800 to 3,000-4,000 panels per day for a typical eight-person crew, and Gritt is contracted to help install 2.8 gigawatts of solar panels over the next 18 months. The startup plans to expand its AI systems to other construction tasks like fastening panels, drilling posts, and rebar tying, leveraging recent advances in large AI models to generalize across different labor-intensive jobs.
Why it matters
Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.
