Gecko Robotics Reaches Unicorn Status as Demand Surges Around its Capabilities

12 June, 2025

Gecko Robotics, an AI and Robotics company developing a comprehensive hardware and software platform for building and maintaining some of the most critical infrastructure and defense assets all around the world, has raised $125 million in Series D funding, valuing the company at $1.25 billion. Cox Enterprises led the round, which included continued backing from existing investors including Founders Fund, USIT, Y Combinator and others.

The Pittsburgh-based company transforms infrastructure inspection from a human-dependent guessing game into a data-driven science using a range of climbing, flying, and swimming robots integrated into their unified software. The robots collect massive datasets that traditional inspection methods miss, turning "infrastructure maintenance" from reactive crisis management into predictive optimization that prevents catastrophic failures. Their Cantilever software platform doesn't just detect issues - it predicts pipeline explosions, optimizes power plant efficiency, modernizes military assets and guides build strategies, essentially turning physical assets into smart, self-monitoring systems that prevent disasters before they happen.

The company is ranked 30th on the prestigious Disruptor 50 2025 (up from 42nd last year) published annually by CNBC. It will use the funding to accelerate the expansion into defense, energy, and manufacturing sectors where governments are finally waking up to their critical asset vulnerabilities.