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Est. 2022 · Europe · Cemex Ventures Construction Startup Competition

Gravis Robotics

Zurich, Switzerland

RACK retrofits excavators with terrain-aware autonomous digging. Swiss perception stack, existing iron.

The founders

CEO

Ryan Luke Johns

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Known valuation

$1B · Aug 2026Series A, SoftBank alone investing $200M. Company: largest Series A in construction robotics. SoftBank / company / Inc / Dealroom unicorn coverage.

  • Robotics Top 50

    BuiltWorlds · 2026

  • Robotics Top 50

    BuiltWorlds · 2025

  • Construction Startup Competition

    Cemex Ventures · 2025

  • Robotics Top 50

    BuiltWorlds · 2024

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Known clients

Publicly named customers on jobs - not a complete list.

  • Swiss / EU civil contractors on retrofit kits

Works with

OEMs, platforms, accelerators.

Awards

  • BuiltWorlds · 2026

    Robotics Top 50

    Survey, case studies, member yards. 16 countries. The 50 names they published.

  • BuiltWorlds · 2025

    Robotics Top 50

    Onsite, offsite, and automated machinery. Sixth year of the list.

  • Cemex Ventures · 2025

    Construction Startup Competition

    Cemex Ventures, Caterpillar, Hilti, Trimble, VINCI. Gravis, Hyperion, and All3 among the 13 named.

  • BuiltWorlds · 2024

    Robotics Top 50

    Survey, case studies, member yards. Fifth year of the list.

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Dispatch

  1. 22 Sep 2026

    SoftBank puts $200 million into Gravis

    Construction Dive, 22 September 2026. Series A for the ETH Zurich spin-out that bolts autonomy onto heavy equipment.

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