Gritt
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About
Gritt is a robotics startup that combines AI control software with off-the-shelf hardware — including rented skidders and robotic arms — to automate labor-intensive outdoor construction work, beginning with utility-scale solar plant installation and expanding to tasks such as rebar tying and concrete work 1. The company was founded in 2024 by Carnegie Mellon-trained roboticists Puneet Puri (CEO) and Vishal Dugar (CTO), and plans to add new manipulation capabilities so its system can fasten solar panels, drill posts, and build the racks they sit on 1. On 2026-07-21, Gritt exited stealth with a $26 million Series A round led by Obvious Ventures with participation from Union Square Ventures and Active Impact Investments, bringing total funding to $34 million; the earlier seed round was backed by First Round Capital, Climactic, Congruent Ventures, and VSC Ventures 1.
Disclaimer: This is a lean profile built from initial round coverage and may be expanded as more information becomes available.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | Series A | $26M | Obvious Ventures | Union Square Ventures, Active Impact Investments 1 |
| 2025 | Seed | — | — | First Round Capital, Climactic, Congruent Ventures, VSC Ventures 1 |
What Investors Say
“These guys have the technical chops, the AI, and machine vision skills to make it work.”
— Andrew Beebe, Managing Director at Obvious Ventures, in TechCrunch coverage of the Series A 1.
What Founders Say
“If we truly want to speed up construction, you need an intelligence which can work in outdoor, chaotic environments of construction sites.”
— Puneet Puri, Co-Founder & CEO of Gritt, in TechCrunch coverage of the Series A 1.
“Gritt becomes now this layer of physical AI doing dextrous, labor-intensive tasks.”
— Puneet Puri, Co-Founder & CEO of Gritt, in TechCrunch coverage of the Series A 1.