The U.S. faces a severe construction labor shortage amid a rising demand for infrastructure, fueled by AI data centers and clean energy initiatives. The construction sector is already short over half a million workers, with nearly 41% of the workforce projected to retire by 2031. To address this issue, Bedrock Robotics was co-founded by Boris Sofman to retrofit existing equipment with AI for autonomy. This innovative approach aims to resolve labor shortages in construction through advanced technology rather than increased manpower.
I saw the powerful potential of applying modern ML approaches we developed at Waymo to construction. This is a problem you could not solve without the modern approaches we saw to be so effective, and helped deploy, in transportation, so it felt like a huge opportunity to address this critical need.
We can get to a deployed product for a fraction of the cost it took Waymo, and continue to build toward the full potential while growing revenues and serving real customers.
#construction-labor-shortage #ai-in-construction #bedrock-robotics #autonomous-equipment #infrastructure-demand
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