Fondo · Feb 2026
Launch coverage recapping the product, founder backgrounds, target market, and public social links.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Pave Robotics builds Tracer, an autonomous asphalt crack-sealing system for pavement maintenance; the company sells to DOTs, municipalities, paving contractors, and related infrastructure operators.
Primary product
Tracer-125 autonomous asphalt crack-sealing robot/trailer platform
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Jose, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Robotics Engineering
Sub-industry
Road maintenance robotics
Offices
0 jobs at Pave Robotics
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$5.6M
Latest round
Seed · Apr 2025
Latest amount
$5M
Investors
Public hiring materials describe a fast-paced, hands-on, field-testing environment where engineers work on the whole robot system and real-world road conditions.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public YC job postings show startup-range pay: a Senior Robotics Perception Engineer at $150K-$200K and a Founding Fabrication Technician at $80K-$120K; one role says US citizen/visa holders only while another says will sponsor.
Pricing
Pilot-based B2B sales; public pricing is not disclosed.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Fondo · Feb 2026
Launch coverage recapping the product, founder backgrounds, target market, and public social links.
HUGE Magazine · Jan 2026
Feature profile covering the founders, Tracer, early-stage hiring, market positioning, and deployment risk.
Forbes · Jan 2026
Forbes profile credits Josh Kelly and Mason Landon Smith as cofounders and says Pave Robotics had raised $5.5M as of the profile update.
Signalbase · Apr 2025
Funding announcement describing a $5M seed round and how the capital would support R&D, scaling, and pilot programs.
Y Combinator · Feb 2025
Official launch page describing Tracer, the company’s fully autonomous crack-sealing robot, target customers, and road-maintenance thesis.