Prototypes and demoware.
That was Monumental two years ago, at their $25m Series A.
Yesterday they announced a $32m Series B led by Khosla Ventures. In between, their robots laid the entire brickwork on 100 houses, plus canal walls and commercial buildings, as a subcontractor carrying full liability for the work.
The day after the announcement, co-founder Salar al Khafaji sat down with us.
In his words:
"The Series A was basically still like an R&D round... we had some prototypes, we had some like demoware basically."
"The Series B was raised off actual success."
And the line that will start arguments:
"Everyone is obsessed with speed. Speed doesn't really matter."
A bricklaying robot company telling you speed doesn't matter. His reasoning is worth the listen on its own.
Also in this one:
> Why SAM and Hadrian X were too early, and what changed
> Day zero to day one of a robot crew arriving on site
> The economics vs a traditional bricklaying gang
> UK going commercial, US pilots starting this year
> Why the entire facade is next. Not in a decade, within a couple of years.
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