FieldAI — Startup Profile

Risk-aware robot intelligence for unstructured industrial environments

HQ: Irvine, California, United States | Founded: 2023 | Employees: Not disclosed in the reviewed sources | Stage: $405M aggregate across two rounds disclosed August 2025 | Website: https://www.fieldai.com/

About

Ali Agha founded FieldAI in 2023 after work on robotics autonomy including NASA JPL. It targets unstructured construction, energy, manufacturing, inspection, and delivery environments. Field Foundation Models are described by the company as explicitly accounting for uncertainty, risk, and physical constraints.

The August 20, 2025 release names Bezos Expeditions, Canaan, Khosla, NVentures, Prysm, Temasek, and other backers and describes deployments across multiple robot embodiments. TechCrunch reports the latest component was $314M and says customers declined to be named. This profile preserves the disclosed aggregate without double-counting it or assuming every unnamed deployment is independently validated.

The Take

FieldAI supplies hardware-spanning autonomy built around physics-first Field Foundation Models. Its August 2025 company release disclosed $405M raised across two consecutive rounds, not one new $405M transaction. CNBC reported a $2B valuation from a source; that valuation was not confirmed in the reviewed company release.

Editorial assessment: managing uncertainty is essential when models act in the world. A hardware-agnostic autonomy layer could serve many fleets, but safety claims require specific evidence and customers must see reliable economics across diverse sites.

Evidence boundary: financing announcements establish disclosed transactions, not audited operating performance. Unavailable headcount, margins, and retention are not estimated, and company claims remain attributed.

Key Metrics

Founded: 2023
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Reviewed financing: $405M aggregate — Aggregate disclosure of two consecutive rounds (2025-08-20)
Product: Field Foundation Models
Availability: customer deployments reported by company
Reported valuation: $2B, CNBC source-reported August 2025; not company-confirmed

Funding Rounds

Round: $405M aggregate (2025-08-20) — Multiple investors; full round-by-round allocation not disclosed in company release

Key People

Ali Agha

Key Competitors

Skild AI —
Generalist AI —

Timeline Highlights

2025-08-20: Aggregate disclosure of two consecutive rounds: $405M aggregate

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