RoadBotics builds AI-driven computer vision software for pavement assessment and infrastructure management. Its RoadWay online GIS platform analyzes road images and color-codes each 10-foot segment from green to red, enabling decision-makers to monitor networks, communicate budget needs to city councils, and resolve citizen complaints. The company was spun out of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute in 2016 by Mark DeSantis, Dr. Benjamin Schmidt, and Dr. Christoph Mertz and is based in Pittsburgh, PA. Over 150 governments across 23 US states and 11 countries use RoadBotics’ solution. The company closed a $7.5M Series A and intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and develop new products. RoadBotics develops computer vision and deep learning technology to inspect roads and infrastructure using a proprietary smartphone app. Users mount a standard smartphone on a vehicle windshield to collect roadway imagery, which is uploaded to RoadBotics' platform where deep learning isolates the road, assesses condition, and generates objective condition ratings. The company renders assessments on an interactive online mapping platform called RoadWay. RoadBotics emerged from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute in December 2016 and was co-founded by Christoph Mertz, Benjamin Schmidt and Mark DeSantis. It currently assesses roadways for 78 cities, towns and counties across the US and Australia. The company intends to use its new seed funds to continue developing its technology.

Total raised

$11M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jul 2019