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| 16.01.2026 | How Armenia is building tech sovereignty through it's global diaspora | When you can, it’s always worth taking a look outside of your comfort zone to find the next big thing in tech.
I’ve been interested in Armenia for a number of years, and now it seems the rest of the world is catching up.
I gained first-ha... |
| 20.11.2025 | Jeff Bezos-backed Physical Intelligence raises $600M to improve its AI robot brains
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The company has not officially disclosed the latest round, but reports by The... |
| 07.11.2025 | MVP Ventures: $125 Million Fund II Closed With Top Five Percent Performance | MVP Ventures announced the close of its second fund at $125 million, a significant increase from its $35 million debut fund. The new fund brings the firm’s total assets under management to more than $300 million. The early-stage venture cap... |
| 20.08.2025 | Nvidia, Bill Gates-backed robotics startup Field AI hits $2 billion valuation after recent raise | Bill Gates-backed robotics startup Field AI has raised $405 million in two funding rounds with investments from Jeff Bezos’ family office and Nvidia’s venture arm.
The latest round values the two-year-old startup at $2 billion, according to... |
| 15.07.2025 | Trump and Sen. Dave McCormick team up to promote energy investments in Pennsylvania | McCormick, a Republican first-term senator who is organizing the inaugural event, says the summit is meant to bring together top energy companies and AI leaders, global investors and labor behind Trump’s energy policies and priorities.
“Thi... |
| 10.07.2025 | 34-year-old built a $1.3 billion business after working 100-hour weeks to keep it alive: I got there by ‘going through hell’ | Jake Loosararian struggled for three years to get his artificial intelligence startup Gecko Robotics off the ground. He considered walking away, when a customer offered him $500,000 to buy the business in 2015.
Now, a decade later, the busi... |
| 13.06.2025 | Gecko Robotics Raises Series D Funding; Valued at $1.25 Billion | Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based AI and robotics company developing the platform for building, raised an undisclosed amount in Series D funding, at $1.25 Billion valuation.
The round was led by new investors Cox Enterprises, and conti... |
| 13.06.2025 | Gecko Robotics Raises $125 Million and Hits Unicorn Status at $1.25 Billion Valuation
Only paid subscribers can comment on this post | Gecko Robotics is a robotics and AI company delivering intelligent inspection and maintenance solutions for critical infrastructure. Using wall-climbing robots, powerful sensors, and a data-driven platform, Gecko helps organizations monitor... |
| 12.06.2025 | Gecko Robotics raises $125M to inspect and monitor critical infrastructure
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One click below supports our mission to provid... | Gecko Robotics Inc., a Pittsburgh-based developer of artificial intelligence-powered software and advanced robotics for maintaining critical infrastructure belonging to energy and defense projects, said today it has raised $125 million in a... |
| 12.06.2025 | Gecko Robotics raises $125 million in deal valuing critical infrastructure startup over $1 billion | Tune in to CNBC all week for ongoing coverage of this year’s CNBC Disruptor 50 list.
Gecko Robotics, which uses robots and AI to help organizations including the U.S. military inspect and monitor critical infrastructure, has raised a $125 m... |
| 08.12.2024 | В кризис СЕО Gecko Robotics решился оставить компанию. Теперь она стоит в 1250 раз больше — $633 млн | В 2015 году на банковском счету Джейка Лусарариана было меньше $135. Он провел почти три года, пытаясь вывести из кризиса Gecko Robotics, питтсбургский стартап с лазающими по стенам роботами, сканирующими инфраструктуру, такую как электрост... |
| 23.05.2024 | Defense Tech Funding Slows At Start Of Year | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Defense tech became a popular topic last year — especially as the likes of Gecko Robotics, Shield AI and True Anomaly racked up big rounds — but this year has not continued that hot streak for the in... |
| 15.01.2024 | Revolutionizing Legacy Industries: Robots and AI’s Key Role in Drastically Reducing Carbon Emissions | By incorporating better use of data into some of the world’s most carbon-dependent industries, the study found the equivalent of up to 18% of U.S. emissions could be eliminated by better operation.
Gecko Robotics, a company at the forefront... |
| 22.12.2023 | Gecko Robotics and Ambit Grant Town join forces to boost energy reliability in West Virginia through AI and robotics | Gecko Robotics, the industry leader in using AI-powered software and advanced robotics to maintain, operate and build the world’s most important physical infrastructure, announced a partnership with American Bituminous Power Grant Town, a W... |
| 06.12.2023 | Gecko Robotics Raises $100M in Extension of Series C Funding | Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based company which specializes in using AI-powered software and advanced robotics to maintain and build important physical infrastructure, raised $100M in Extension funding.
The round, which brought the tot... |
| 06.12.2023 | Gecko Robotics raises $100M to maintain critical infrastructure with AI-powered robots
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One click below supports our mis... | Gecko Robotics Inc., the developer of artificial intelligence-powered software and advanced robotics that work to maintain physical infrastructure for energy and defense projects that can be hazardous to humans, announced Tuesday it has rai... |
| 13.07.2023 | Gecko Robotics Announces $5 Million U.S. Navy Expansion to Speed Maintenance Cycles | Gecko Robotics, a leader in decoding the built world with robots and software, announced a further expansion of its work with the U.S. Navy under a new $5 million ceiling contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries. The expansion will incre... |
| 10.03.2022 | University of Houston: Teamwork makes the dream work when it comes to lab safety | Getting along with colleagues and forming connections actually helps create a culture of lab safety.
For the most part, we all know how important it is to adhere to universal lab safety rules such as wearing closed-toe shoes or properly lab... |
| 09.03.2022 | Houston suburbs charge ahead with some of the highest credit scores in Texas | Give the residents of The Woodlands some credit. They’re able to brag about achieving some of the highest credit scores in Texas.
A new study from personal finance website WalletHub shows the median credit score of a Woodlands resident is 7... |
| 04.03.2022 | Infrastructure is broken, Gecko is using robotics to help fix it | Gecko Robotics’ mission statement is “To protect today’s critical infrastructure, and give form to tomorrow’s.” It’s certainly the sort of thing that rings true in the startup’s home town of Pittsburgh, where the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse... |
| 04.03.2022 | Industrial robotics company raises $73M series C, prepares to grow Houston office | A Pittsburgh-based tech company that has created a hardware and software solution for industrial asset management has closed its latest round of funding.
Gecko Robotics, which has a growing Houston office, has closed its series C funding ro... |
| 03.03.2022 | Gecko Robotics Raises $73M in Series C Funding | A closeup of a Gecko TOKA 4 robot climbing a tank.
Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based leader in robotics and industrial asset management software, raised $73m in Series C funding.
The round was led by XN with participation from Founders... |
| 03.03.2022 | Gecko Robotics, which captures data to protect critical infrastructure, raises $73M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Gecko Robotics, a company that provides industria... |
| 03.03.2022 | Gecko Robotics, which captures data to protect critical infrastructure, raises $73M | Join today's leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here.
Gecko Robotics, a company that provides industrial robotics and asset management software for businesses such as BP and Duke Energy, has raised $73.3 mil... |
| 03.03.2022 | Gecko Robotics Lands $73M Series C Round |
PITTSBURGH, PA, Gecko Robotics, a leader in robotics and industrial asset management software, today announced their Series C funding round of $73 million.
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| 17.11.2021 | Want a job in robotics or autonomy? Here’s what 8 hiring managers are looking for | Pittsburgh’s top tech sectors are robotics and autonomy, but landing a job at one of the many companies here requires a certain type of skillset and mindset.
To find out what coding languages, past technical experiences, problem-solving ski... |
| 28.09.2021 | This Week in Jobs Pittsburgh: Peak Pumpkin Spice | Editor’s note: Every week we ship an email newsletter featuring the region’s most exciting career opportunities. We’ve lovingly called it This Week in Jobs (aka TWIJ — “twidge”). Below is this week’s edition; it’s meant to live in your inbo... |
| 11.05.2021 | This Week in Jobs Pittsburgh: Catch You Later, Calibri | Hi! You’re reading the Pittsburgh edition of This Week in Jobs (TWIJ), a weekly newsletter written by our team at Technical.ly in partnership with InnovatePGH and the Pittsburgh Innovation District. Each week we put together for you a slate... |
| 02.02.2021 | This Week in Jobs Pittsburgh: Prime Time Poet | Hi! You’re reading the Pittsburgh edition of This Week in Jobs (TWIJ), a weekly newsletter written by our team at Technical.ly in partnership with InnovatePGH and the Pittsburgh Innovation District. Each week we put together for you a slate... |
| 14.10.2020 | 5 years ago, Pittsburgh promised a self-driving boom. Where is it now? | The DARPA Grand Challenge is where the rubber meets the road for self-driving cars.
In 2007, a crack team of technologists from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) called the Tartan Racing Team bested bitter rivals and ‘05 DARPA Challenge winn... |
| 10.01.2020 | Gecko Robotics Raises $40 Million to Increase Robot Production | - |
| 10.01.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: The new year is officially in full swing, with Houston innovation news coming in hot — from a Houston business reaching unicorn status, or $1 billion in valuation, to news coming out of innovation hubs. Here's what this week'... |
| 03.01.2020 | 2 Houston startups land multimillion-dollar venture capital investments | Two Houston tech companies are starting off 2020 with fresh funds in their pockets — to the tune of millions and millions of dollars.
Houston-based Riversand raised an additional $10 million last month, and Gecko Robotics, which has an offi... |
| 23.12.2019 | Gecko Robotics Raises $40M in Series B Funding | Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based maker of climbing robots for industrial inspection, raised $40m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Drive Capital’s Mark Kvamme, with participation from previous investors including Founders Fund... |
| 17.12.2019 | Gecko Robotics grabs $40M | Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics has raised a $40 million Series B led by Drive Capital, with participation from existing investors Founders Fund, Next47 and Y Combinator. The company makes robots used to inspect industrial infrastructure as... |
| 16.12.2019 | Gecko Robotics Raises $40 Million To Develop Wall-Climbing Robots | Gecko Robotics announced it has raised $40 million in Series B funding to develop wall-climbing robots for automated infrastructure inspection
Gecko Robotics has announced that it raised $40 million in Series B funding. And the company has ... |
| 16.12.2019 | Gecko Robotics raises $40 million for industrial inspection robots | Industrial robotics startup Gecko Robotics has raised $40 million in a series B round of funding led by Drive Capital, with participation from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and Next47. Notable angel investors in this round incl... |
| 16.12.2019 | Gecko Robotics Raises $40 Million Series B | Gecko Robotics announces its Series B funding round of $40 million led by Drive Capital's Mark Kvamme. The round was led by Drive Capital with participation from previous investors including Founders Fund, Next47 and Y-Combinator.
"We ... |
| 16.12.2019 | Building robotic safety inspectors nabs Gecko Robotics $40 million | Gecko Robotics has landed $40 million in financing as it looks to build an additional 40 robots over the next year to meet what the company sees as growing demand for its safety and infrastructure monitoring services.
“We are growing fast s... |
| 16.12.2019 | Gecko Robotics Raises $40 Million Series B | Gecko Robotics announces its Series B funding round of $40 million led by Drive Capital's Mark Kvamme. The round was led by Drive Capital with participation from previous investors including Founders Fund, Next47 and Y-Combinator.
"We ... |
| 22.08.2018 | Gecko Robotics Secures $7M in Funding | Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based developer of robotics technology for industrial infrastructure inspections, secured $7m in funding.
Backers included Founders Fund, Mark Cuban, The Westly Group, Justin Kan and Y Combinator.
The compan... |
| 22.08.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, August 22 | IPO PREP
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| 21.08.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, August 21 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, August 21.
Flipkart buys AI speech recognition startup Liv.ai. In it’s quest to target the next 200 million online shoppers, India’s largest e-commerce re... |
| 20.08.2018 | Safety and inspection bot startup Gecko Robotics adds $7 million to the coffers | Gecko Robotics aims to save human lives at our nation’s power plants with its wall-climbing robots. To continue doing so, the startup tells TechCrunch it has just secured $7 million from a cadre of high-profile sources, including Founders F... |
| 29.09.2016 | Hard Tech Startups | Some people think YC only funds straightforward software startups. That’s definitely not the case — YC’s largest exit to date is a self-driving car company, Cruise Automation, and we’ve funded many other hard technology companies like Gingk... |
| 24.03.2016 | Gecko Robotics (YC W16) Builds Robots to Automate Infrastructure Inspections | Gecko Robotics is a company launching out of our Winter 2016 class that develops and operates robots to automate infrastructure
inspections. Today, Gecko is focusing on power plant inspections.
Plants are required to shut down at least on... |
| 23.03.2016 | Gecko Robotics Does The Heavy Inspecting At Power Plants To Prevent Human Fatalities | Y Combinator-backed Gecko Robotics is hoping to save a few human lives at our nation’s power plants with wall-climbing robots.
Gecko’s proprietary magnetic adhesion technology works much like the sticky foot of a gecko, allowing its robots ... |
| 22.03.2016 | All 60 startups that launched at Y Combinator Winter 2016 Demo Day 1 | “You’ll notice we have many more startups that aren’t in the traditional software category,” said Y Combinator President Sam Altman at the start of its Winter 2016 Demo Day 1. While once upon a time YC was known for legions of social and ma... |
| - | Gecko Robotics | “Gecko transforms how organizations build, operate, and maintain their most critical infrastructure by fusing AI and robotics.” |
| - | Gecko Robotics | “Discover how Gecko Robotics provides unprecedented visibility into asset health of critical infrastructure through robotic inspections and software solutions.” |
| - | YC and Hard Tech Startups | Some people think YC only funds straightforward software startups. That’s definitely not the case — YC’s largest exit to date is a self-driving car company, Cruise Automation, and we’ve funded many other hard technology companies like Gingk... |
