The company
Making construction autonomous
- 2021: Founded
- $60M+: Raised
- 130+: Humans
- 100+: Robots
- 100+: Homes built
Backed by: Khosla Ventures, Plural, Hummingbird, Northzone, Foundamental, NP-Hard.
Team from: Palantir, Qualcomm, DeepMind, Tesla, WaveOptics, Dyson, Meta, Shopify.
Monumental was founded in 2021 by Salar and Sebas, on the idea that high-quality housing should stay affordable even as skilled labor becomes harder to find. Since then, we’ve built a vertically-integrated product with our own robot hardware, software, and machine vision pipeline and deployed it with real customers.
We’ve raised more than $60 million in funding from top-tier investors including Khosla Ventures, Plural, Hummingbird, Northzone, Foundamental, and NP-Hard.
Our robots are in use with customers on real construction sites across the Netherlands and the UK today: they’ve built walls for 100+ homes, plus a school, a community center, a hotel, and 150+ m of canals.
Monumental is based near the Artis zoo in the Plantage, in the city center of Amsterdam. We have a beautiful office with an in-house workshop and robot testing facility. We’re explicitly not a hybrid or remote-first company: we enjoy collaborating 5 days a week at the office.
We’re more than 130 people today. Our team spans a wide spectrum of expertise (mechanical, electrical, software and machine vision) coming from companies like Palantir, Qualcomm, DeepMind, Tesla, WaveOptics, Dyson, Meta, and Shopify. We come from a wide range of diverse backgrounds: big tech, startups, small shops, and many other places.
Almost none of us have a robotics or construction background: we look for people who can pick up new things fast and get excited by new industries and technologies.
Mission
Autonomous robots on the building site, and what that unlocks for housing, speed, and beauty.