Company record
ASI
Updated November 2, 2026 · Presspool
ASI provides brand-agnostic autonomy and fleet orchestration for construction, logistics, agriculture and mining vehicles. asirobots.com
Funding
- $225 million, round type not disclosed, announced September 24, 2026. Investor: SoftBank Group. ASI and SoftBank also formed a separately funded joint venture for autonomous construction. Listed in the AI startup funding roster for September 21–26, 2026. Sources: ASI, The Next Web.
Of the 294 rounds with exactly stated amounts in dollars on Presspool's weekly rosters since September 21, 2026, ASI's $225 million is the 19th largest; their median is $16.25 million.
Whether AI names ASI
- On the Physical AI map: named or cited in 0 of 49 answers to Presspool's Physical AI questions on November 2, 2026 (ChatGPT 0 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 0 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Copilot 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 1). See the map. AI named or cited 36 of the 53 companies on the map in that sample; ASI was not one of them. AI names these companies most on Physical AI questions: Figure (38 of 49), Physical Intelligence (28 of 49), Skild AI (27 of 49), Agility Robotics (26 of 49) and Unitree (26 of 49).
- Machine Relations Index: Not cited in any Machine Relations Index answer, May 10, 2026 to October 18, 2026.
Week by week
Answers that named or cited ASI in each weekly sample of Presspool's Physical AI questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week.
| Week of | Physical AI |
|---|---|
| September 21, 2026 | 0 of 38 |
| October 5, 2026 | 0 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | 0 of 53 |
| October 19, 2026 | 0 of 54 |
| October 26, 2026 | 0 of 55 |
| November 2, 2026 | 0 of 49 |
Related records
Also on the Physical AI map: 1X, AeiROBOT, AgiBot, Agile Robots, Agility Robotics, Aleph, Apptronik, Astribot, Bedrock Robotics, Booster Robotics, Clone Robotics, Collaborative Robotics and 40 more on the map.
Closest rounds in the roster for September 21–26, 2026: Enveda ($311 million Series E, September 23, 2026), Brahma AI ($150 million, round type not disclosed, September 23, 2026), Heidi ($340 million Series C plus growth investment, September 22, 2026), Snorkel AI ($350 million Series E, September 22, 2026), Basecamp Research ($140 million Series C, September 23, 2026), Island ($400 million Series F, September 24, 2026).
SoftBank Group, named as an investor in this round, led Skild AI ($1.4B Series C, January 14, 2026).