Gecko Robotics combines wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customers visibility into the health of critical physical assets. The company serves defense customers including the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, with contracts to speed surface-ship maintenance cycles and assess ICBM launch facilities under the Sentinel program. Gecko recently launched Cantilever, an AI-powered software platform used by the Navy and other customers to accelerate decision making. Demand from the U.S. military and allied partners has increased significantly, and Gecko is expanding into manufacturing support for the Columbia-class submarine program. The company says the new funding will accelerate growth in its defense business and broaden partnerships with the U.S. military. Gecko Robotics provides wall-climbing robots and enterprise software serving essential industries such as power generation, oil and gas, heavy manufacturing, and defense. Its robots capture data at scale and fidelity, climbing pipelines, boilers, tanks, ship hulls and other assets to detect subtle damage. The company’s software enables human experts to contextualize that data and translate it into action. Co-founded by Jake Loosararian (CEO) and Troy Demmer (Chief Product Officer), Gecko is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA and maintains offices in Houston, Austin, New York City, Boston and Europe. The company raised $73M in Series C funding and intends to use the proceeds to expand operations and advance development efforts. Gecko Robotics is a Pittsburgh-based maker of wall-climbing robots for industrial inspection led by CEO Jake Loosararian. The company develops and operates climbing robots equipped with acoustic, laser, electromagnetic and other non-destructive testing modules to inspect industrial plants. Its software aggregates the large volumes of inspection data to help predict when and where infrastructure failures will occur. The company plans to use the funds to support scaling operations and to hire software and product engineers. Gecko has grown headcount from 45 to 115 employees in the past 12 months and maintains offices in Houston, Austin, Texas and Europe. It recently raised $40M in a Series B to finance this expansion. Gecko Robotics builds wall-climbing robots that inspect industrial equipment such as tanks, boilers and pipelines using proprietary magnetic adhesion, ultrasonics, lasers and multiple sensors. The robots are used at U.S. power plants and other industrial facilities to identify hazards ahead of human workers. Gecko augments its hardware with machine learning to improve inspection speed and accuracy. Individual robots are sold in the $50,000–$100,000 range. The company has been working toward profitability while expanding deployments. Co-founder Jake Loosararian has demonstrated the technology publicly and emphasized safety and reduced facility shutdown time as core benefits.

Total raised

$220M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Dec 2023