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TechCrunch · October 27, 2026 · On the brief until November 10, 2026

This startup’s self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding

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Operating excavators autonomously on active jobsites

Bedrock Robotics raised $600 million to expand its retrofit kits that automate standard excavators. The company has moved its self-driving systems from testing into active commercial construction projects. This allows site managers to run heavy earthwork machines alongside human crews as skilled equipment operators retire.

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Project planners must evaluate how retrofitting heavy machinery changes site safety and daily coordination between autonomous equipment and human crews.

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