Buildroid AI Secures $2M to Propel Robotics in UAE Construction

Editorial Team

Last updated 24-11-2025

3 min

Buildroid AI, a UAE-based startup, has secured USD 2 million in pre-seed funding.

They unveiled a block-laying robot using a BIM-to-BUILD system connecting plans to execution.

Their AI platform automates construction workflows, targeting a USD 42 billion UAE sector.

Plans include expanding pilot programmes, improving tools, and deploying through contractor partnerships.

Initial robots are piloted to automate tasks, aiming for efficiency in the construction process.

Buildroid AI, a young UAE-based robotics startup, has secured USD 2 million in pre-seed funding, with Tim Draper — the same Draper who has backed giants like Tesla and SpaceX — leading the round. The team used the announcement to unveil its first block‑laying robot, which is built on a BIM-to-BUILD simulation system that connects digital building plans with real-world execution.

The company was founded this year by Slava Solonitsyn and is positioning itself around a simple but ambitious idea: bringing both specialised and general‑purpose robots directly into contractors’ workflows. Their platform links Building Information Models with Digital Twin simulations, using their own AI orchestration software to help automate the labour-heavy partition wall segment. And believe it or not, that market alone feeds into a UAE construction sector worth more than USD 42 billion.

Solonitsyn noted that construction robots have existed for years but often fell short because they handled only narrow tasks and still needed lots of human support. He said the wave of new AI capabilities is now making it possible for general-purpose and industrial robots to take on more adaptable roles on job sites.

From what I’ve seen while covering startups for Arageek, attempts to automate construction often sound great on paper but end up being a bit of a faff on actual sites. That said, I reckon Buildroid AI’s focus on integrating simulation with autonomous robotic crews gives it a better-than-usual shot at avoiding those pitfalls.

With the fresh funding, the company plans to expand its pilot programmes, sharpen its simulation tools and autonomous systems, and push towards commercial deployment. They’re starting with non‑load‑bearing walls, but the roadmap stretches into interior fit-outs and wider construction workflows.

Beginning in Q2 next year, Buildroid AI expects to roll out its first AI-powered robots through partnerships with general contractors, and the company aims to take a share of the net savings its technology delivers. Its initial block‑laying robot is already being piloted on active UAE job sites, with support from upcoming Autonomous Mobile Robots designed to ferry concrete blocks straight from material pallets to the block‑layer — cutting out the need for manual hauling.

It’s still early days, of course, but the momentum around construction automation in the region feels spot on. And as someone who’s spent years speaking with founders trying to modernise legacy industries, I’m always a little chuffed to bits when a team manages to merge ambition with something… well… practical. Buildroid AI might just be on that path, even if the journey won’t be perfectly smooth or, as I just almost wrote, perfectly straigth.

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