Nextera Robotics · Aug 2025
Nextera says Didge and its autonomous fleet are being used for hyperscale data center builds, with projects in Arizona, Virginia, and North Dakota.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Nextera Robotics is a Boston-based AI-native industrial automation company focused on construction site digitization and management. Its Didge platform uses autonomous robots to capture high-frequency 360° jobsite imagery and AI to produce progress, safety, and quality insights, automated reports, and dashboard outputs for general contractors and owners.
Primary product
Didge — an autonomous-robot-based construction site digitization and management platform
Founded
2015
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Industry
Industrial Automation
Sub-industry
Construction robotics / jobsite digitization
Offices
Boston Seaport, Boston, MA
Cambridge, MA (MIT campus)
12 Channel St, Boston, MA 02210, United States
Business model
B2B
robotics-as-a-service
project-based service package
Funding
Stage
Seed / generating revenue
Latest round
Corporate Round · Aug 2021
People & investors
Work & culture
Public recruiting materials describe a small MIT/Y Combinator-connected robotics team focused on deep learning, scalable automation, sustainability, and reducing repetitive or physically demanding work in construction.
Compensation
Public YC job listings show salary bands from roughly $20K-$52K for part-time technician roles up to about $160K-$210K for senior AI/ML roles, with Boston-based roles and some local-MA remote supervisor postings.
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based project service package; Didge platform access and robot services are sold together for the duration of a project.
Differentiators
- —Autonomous robots collect repeatable 360° jobsite scans without human effort
- —AI combines progress tracking, safety monitoring, and quality control in one workflow
- —High-frequency site digitization creates ground-truth project data
- —Integrations with Procore, Autodesk, Oracle, and BIM workflows
- —Fleet autonomy with stair climbing and obstacle avoidance
- —One-day setup and project-duration service package
Technology
autonomous mobile robots
360-degree imaging
deep learning
object detection
image segmentation
BIM integration
Procore integration
Autodesk integration
Oracle integration
fleet management software
LiDAR
depth sensors
inertial measurement units
military-grade mesh networking
Customers
Skanska
Gilbane Building Co.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Competitors
Dusty Robotics
Raise Robotics
Kewazo
Canvas
Doxel
Boston Dynamics
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
approximately $5M estimated ARR
Latest news
Nextera Robotics · May 2025
The company says it participated in a Microsoft-hosted general-contractor safety summit with Skanska, Turner Construction, and Clark Construction leadership.
Nextera Robotics · Feb 2025
Didge was shown at the 2025 Construction Robotics Summit in Brooklyn, highlighting construction safety and efficiency use cases.
Nextera Robotics · Jan 2025
Nextera announced a planned presentation about the Morgan Center Project at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which used Didge for progress tracking and safety.
GeekWire · Jun 2024
GeekWire reported that Skanska used two Nextera autonomous robots on a Seattle tower project to document progress, improve safety, and support project teams.
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