Boris Sofman, Bedrock Robotics CEO on Autonomous Construction

Boris Sofman is the co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Robotics, an SF-based company building fully self-operating heavy machinery to improve the cost, schedule, safety, and predictability of construction projects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~Before Bedrock, Boris spent five years as an engineering executive at Waymo, where he led the company’s autonomous trucking efforts and technology teams that helped launch and scale the Waymo One autonomous network. Earlier, he spent a decade as co-founder and CEO of Anki, a consumer robotics company that shipped more than 3.7 million devices and robots across entertainment and smart-home categories and reached as much as $100 million in annual global revenue. His experience spans taking robotics from consumer products to large-scale autonomous systems operating in the real world.TopicsHow autonomous heavy machinery can transform construction by improving project cost, schedule, safety, and predictabilityWhat it takes to move autonomous robotics from controlled environments into real-world commercial operations, and the lessons Boris brought from Waymo to BedrockThe path toward fleets of autonomous machines that can coordinate, plan, and execute complex construction projects with less human intervention#ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #AutonomousVehicles #ConstructionTech #PhysicalAI