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A US startup building a general-purpose “brain” for robots working in the field and on job sites.

Field AI is a US robotics software company headquartered in Irvine, California; its founder and CEO, Ali Agha, previously led a team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory competing in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. It doesn't build robot bodies; instead it builds autonomy software that can be installed on robots of different shapes, centered on FFM (Field Foundation Models), which combine neural networks with physics-based reasoning and uncertainty estimation, letting a robot move and work autonomously on job sites, mines, and other field environments without pre-built maps or GPS, running entirely on onboard compute. The company reportedly raised about $400 million in total during 2025, with investors including Bezos Expeditions, Khosla Ventures, and NVIDIA. In 2026 it announced partnerships with Boston Dynamics, NVIDIA, and Caterpillar in succession.

ExampleField AI's software can be installed on a quadruped or wheeled base to autonomously patrol a construction site and log progress.

Also called: FieldAI
Related: Field Foundation Models (FieldAI) · Boston Dynamics · One Brain, Multiple Robots · Robot-Brain (Model-only) Company · Navigation
Sources: FieldAI News
As of: 2026-09