Boris Sofman

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@bsofman

CEO @ Bedrock Robotics; Previous @ Waymo, leading Autonomous Trucking; CEO @ Anki. Staying busy, with lots of fun being in the thick of it with 3 kids.

San Francisco, CA Joined June 2013

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Boris Sofman @bsofman Aug 18

Autonomy in construction isn’t a zero sum game. We love working with the incredible operators and partners that teach us so much about how we can boost their productivity and unlock the country to build what it needs! (Jared, the star here, just had a baby - go Jared!!!)

Kevin Peterson Verified account @kevinmpeterson1 Aug 17

We’re building robots to build what our country needs.

@BedrockRobotics doesn’t just have the best engineers, it’s got the best equipment operators. People who have spent their entire careers gaining insight and intuition about these machines and the work they do.

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Boris Sofman @bsofman Aug 17

Giant autonomous excavators, live on construction sites!

At @BedrockRobotics, we’re giving contractors and their teams new tools to build more of what America needs, with greater safety, speed, and predictability. We started with excavators, but Bedrock’s mission extends far beyond a single machine type. It is about creating a new layer of autonomous orchestration for the equipment that shapes our world.

Excited about the next chapter!

Bedrock Robotics Verified account @BedrockRobotics Aug 17

Today we announced the first fully autonomous excavators working on their own on commercial sites.

With @Sundt, @ChampSitePrep and Zachry, Bedrock machines are moving earth on three projects in TX and NV.

We started with excavators. The mission goes far beyond one machine.

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Boris Sofman @bsofman Apr 7

Congrats to the entire @EclipseVentures team on this perfectly timed raise. The building blocks are all aligned for a transformational next decade: enabling breakthroughs in technology, spiking needs and pain points across so many physical industries, and such uniquely calibrated and complementary experience in this amazing team (@AidanMadiganC, @Sethwinterroth, and the whole crew)!

Such a pleasure building with you all!

Seth Winterroth 🤖 Verified account @Sethwinterroth Apr 7

Eleven years ago we started @EclipseVentures and bet everything on atoms. Rockets, robots, chips, factories, power systems, defense. The things civilization actually runs on.

Today, we're announcing $1.3B in new capital to keep building.

The physical world is overdue for transformation. Transportation runs on systems designed decades ago. The energy grid cannot keep up with demand. Healthcare depends on manual procedures that don't scale. Defense development moves at a fraction of the speed threats evolve. These are not software problems. They are full stack engineering and operations problems, and they have been underinvested in for a generation.

But there has never been a better moment to solve them. The best engineers are leaving big tech to build in the physical world. AI is compressing timelines from years to quarters. Policy is aligned. And customers are not waiting — the DoD, the hyperscalers, hospitals, and the Fortune 500 are all desperate for technology that makes physical systems smarter, faster, and more resilient. Talent, capital, technology, policy, and demand are all converging at once.

This is our moment 🇺🇸

We built Eclipse for this exact moment and in doing so, we launched a movement. Today that movement is 100 companies strong (and growing!). These companies supply each other, share customers, and help solve each other's hardest problems. Propulsion systems powering orbital defense. Modern supply chain infrastructure moving the worlds goods. Autonomous vehicles on three continents. Surgical robots performing procedures that used to require the world's best hands. Cloud hardware powering the AI revolution built on American soil. That's not a fund. That's an economy — an Eclipse Economy.

The door is open to rebuild the physical infrastructure of the country. We intend to run through it.

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Boris Sofman @bsofman Oct 11, 2025

Fun Chat8VC conversation next Tuesday October 14th in SF with @BedrockRobotics and @AppliedInt discussing challenges in building robust AVs and autonomy systems, training, and shipping products. Thanks for hosting @8vc! (Signup link below)

Boris Sofman @bsofman Jul 16, 2025

I’m excited to share what I’ve been up to for the past year. Introducing @BedrockRobotics where we are bringing full autonomy to heavy equipment—starting in construction. Construction underpins nearly every industry and is surging in demand—yet we face a 500K worker shortage. The bottleneck isn’t capital—it’s capacity. We're pursuing a bold mission: enable true autonomy on the jobsite, and in doing so, help the industry meet rising demand with higher quality, predictability, and safety. Exciting journey ahead!

Learn more at bedrockrobotics.com

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