August Robotics just closed a $30 million Series B round, and the momentum behind construction automation is real. Big Pi Ventures led the investment, with returning backers Blackbird, Skip Capital, Tanarra, and Future Family Office joining forces with new investor GS Futures, a US firm specializing in construction tech.
August Robotics is doubling down on its mission to automate the most demanding physical workflows in construction using coordinated robot fleets managed through one unified platform, software, hardware, and fleet control all in one place.
It aims to accelerate critical building tasks with extreme precision while easing the strain on a manual labor market that’s already stretched thin.
Founded in 2017 by Alex Wyatt, the company has spent years building something most others are still trying to figure out a truly modular robotics platform that can read project plans, pinpoint robot locations on-site with laser accuracy, plan and execute tasks autonomously, run multiple robots as a synchronized fleet, and catch and fix errors in real time. And it’s all powered by in-house R&D.
Right now, August Robotics is rolling out autonomous fleets of downward-drilling robots built for large pre-fabricated construction sites, with AI data center construction as the first major use case.
These robots launched through a strategic partnership with Stanley Black & Decker’s DEWALT brand and are already live on high-profile hyperscale projects across the US and Europe. They take August’s core autonomy stack and apply it to drilling workflows where precision, speed, and schedule compression aren’t just nice-to-haves, they’re mission-critical.
The company’s first product, Lionel, an autonomous floor-marking robot for exhibitions and large indoor spaces proved the platform works at commercial scale. Lionel has now marked over 300 million square feet across five continents, giving August Robotics real-world validation before scaling into heavier construction workflows.
This funding arrives at a pivotal moment. August is already deploying across data center sites and expanding into adjacent construction workflows. The cash will fuel global scale-up across its seven hubs spanning the US, Asia, Australia, and Europe including a new EMEA hub in Athens and a fresh Data and AI R&D center in Melbourne.
Leadership Comments
Alex Wyatt, Founder and CEO of August Robotics, commented:
“August Robotics is proud to announce this capital raise, and we are deeply grateful for the continued support of Big Pi, Blackbird, and our broader investor community. In recent months, our drilling robots have fundamentally changed what is possible in data center construction, compressing construction schedules and helping our customers to bring critical infrastructure online faster than ever before. With this Series B funding, we will expand into new markets and geographies, continue scaling our AI and robotics platform, and accelerate the development of the next generation of robots that automate dirty, dangerous, and dull tasks across the economy.”
Panos Metsis, Partner at Big Pi Ventures, said:
“August Robotics is a globally category-leading business addressing a key bottleneck in digital infrastructure build out via applying technological innovation to the physical world. Its platform approach has a potentially profound impact in accelerating AI through put globally. At Big Pi Ventures’ Growth fund, we lead international syndicates of complementary, value-adding institutional investors to actively support exceptional, thought-leading and proven founders like Alex realize their vision.”
Rick Baker, Partner and Co-Founder at Blackbird, said:
“Alex set out to build a platform every future robot could be built from, something most robotics companies never attempt. It took years of patient, mostly invisible work, including holding his team together through the COVID years when exhibitions shut down globally. We backed him through all of it, because the conviction was never in question. That platform now has robots running on hyperscale construction sites around the world, with part of its next chapter being built here in Australia.”
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