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Gecko Robotics

What Gecko Robotics does

Gecko Robotics is a privately held robotics and “AI + robotics” (AIR) company that turns inspection data from robots and sensors into actionable infrastructure intelligence. Its core operating concept is Cantilever®, an operating platform that unites high-fidelity, robot-collected “first-order” data layers with AI analysis to establish a single source of truth for asset health across an asset’s lifecycle—aiming to shift customers from reactive maintenance toward predictive maintenance and planning. Cantilever® is positioned as a dual-use platform serving both commercial infrastructure (e.g., steel, oil & gas, power, mining, pulp & paper) and defense use cases involving inspection, sustainment, and manufacturing-support workflows. The company’s platform strategy pairs a fleet of robots (e.g., wall-crawling robots and other robots used for inspection workflows) with software that integrates disparate data sources and generates operational outputs such as baseline asset health, condition-based maintenance insights, and repair planning/data products for decision-makers.

News

Company record

May 07, 2026 · Reporting · Gecko Robotics (Washington Post reprint)An American industrial revolution is brewing. I saw it in Pittsburgh.

Gecko republished an article originally from The Washington Post describing its mission and showing Gecko robots inspecting infrastructure in a defense/manufacturing context.

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Mar 17, 2026 · Official · Gecko RoboticsGecko Robotics Announces $71M Deal to Slash U.S. Navy Maintenance Delays and Increase Readiness

Gecko announced a five-year IDIQ contract with a $71 million ceiling to deploy AI and robotics to assess and maintain the health of military assets, including an initial award described as up to $54 million over five years and a stated impact on readiness targets.

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Jan 21, 2026 · Official · Gecko RoboticsGecko Robotics and Trident to Accelerate U.S. Navy Production with AI and Robotics

Gecko announced a partnership with Trident Maritime Systems aimed at deploying advanced manufacturing technologies across the U.S. Navy supplier network, describing a throughput increase of at least 40% and positioning the collaboration around distributed execution and AI-enabled planning.

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Jan 13, 2026 · Reporting · Gecko Robotics (WEF reprint)From Steel to Data: The Next Revolution

Gecko reposted/published an article originally by the World Economic Forum that argues the next era of AI progress depends on high-quality, ground-truth physical data collected from critical industries, describing the role of robots in capturing first-order data.

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Nov 01, 2025 · Official · Gecko RoboticsADNOC and Gecko Robotics Sign Three Deals to Accelerate AI, Robotics and Skills Training

Gecko announced expanded agreements with ADNOC including technology deployment across ADNOC Gas assets via Cantilever, collaboration on training programs for UAE nationals, and exploration of broader robotics and AI deployment to reduce downtime and enhance efficiency.

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Jul 15, 2025 · Official · Gecko RoboticsBPMI and Gecko Robotics Partner to Accelerate Production for the U.S. Navy with AI and Robotics

Gecko announced a partnership with BPMI describing reduced inspection time spans for forged components (up to 90% in initial trials) and collaboration around digital twins and digital thread/data records for manufacturing health history.

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Jun 12, 2025 · Official · Gecko RoboticsGecko Reaches Unicorn Status as Customer Demand Surges Around its Build and Modernization Capabilities

Gecko announced reaching unicorn status after a Series D, citing a stated Series D valuation of $1.25 billion and identifying the round’s lead and continuing investors.

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Apr 16, 2025 · Official · Gecko RoboticsGecko and L3Harris Technologies Collaborate on Innovative Extended Reality Solution for Aircraft Maintenance

Gecko announced a collaboration with L3Harris Technologies focused on XR capabilities that capture aircraft surface imagery, convert it into a 3D model/digital twin, and enable remote viewing for aircraft maintenance and sustainment workflows.

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Feb 27, 2025 · Official · Gecko RoboticsNAES and Gecko Announce $100M Deal Deploying AI and Robotics to Transform the American Power Grid

Gecko announced a strategic partnership with NAES describing an initial multi-year agreement valued in excess of $100 million, focused on modernizing power plants using AI + robotics, and including claims about reduced reactive maintenance and increased asset lifespan based on Gecko’s platform data.

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Dec 05, 2023 · Official · Gecko RoboticsGecko Robotics Raises $100 Million In Series C Extension to Grow Defense Business

Gecko announced a Series C extension bringing the total Series C raise to $173 million and described additions to its corporate board, naming USIT and Founders Fund representatives.

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Nov 10, 2023 · Official · Gecko RoboticsGecko Robotics to Help Increase Speed of the Columbia-class Nuclear Submarine Manufacturing Process

Gecko announced a demonstration contract with the U.S. Navy (executed with BlueForge Alliance, a nonprofit integrator) to use robotic weld inspection and digitized inspection results as part of the Columbia-class submarine program manufacturing modernization effort.

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Funding

Latest disclosed valuation$533M
Tracked capital$518M6 sourced rounds

What it builds

Cantilever®

Cantilever® is Gecko Robotics’ operating platform for the built world, positioned as the system that turns robot-collected, high-fidelity data layers into baseline asset health and decision support across an asset lifecycle, and that integrates inspection and facility records into a centralized system for predictive and planning workflows.

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AIR Technology (Artificial Intelligence + Robotics)

Gecko’s AIR Technology is described as the combination of AI and robotics intended to produce data insights by fusing first-order data collection from robots with AI analysis; the company positions AIR as requiring both robotics and AI together for context and predictive value.

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Milestones & partnerships

Mar 17, 2026
U.S. Navy IDIQ awarded (five-year IDIQ contract with $71M ceiling)

Gecko announced a five-year IDIQ contract ceiling of $71M to deploy AI and robotics for assessment and maintenance of military assets, tied to a stated goal of improving fleet readiness.

U.S. Navy · GSA
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Jan 21, 2026
Trident partnership to increase U.S. Navy production throughput

Gecko announced a partnership with Trident Maritime Systems aiming to deploy advanced manufacturing technologies across the supplier network, described as increasing throughput by at least 40%.

Trident Maritime Systems
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Dec 05, 2025
Series C extension added USIT and Founders Fund board representation

Gecko stated that its Series C extension brought the total Series C raise to $173 million and that it added board representation from USIT and Founders Fund.

US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT) · Founders Fund
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Nov 01, 2025
ADNOC partnership expansion for Cantilever deployment and UAE training

Gecko described expanded agreements with ADNOC Gas/AIQ and the ADNOC Technical Academy related to Cantilever deployment and skills training, and exploration of broader robotics/AI deployment to reduce downtime.

ADNOC Gas · AIQ · ADNOC Technical Academy · Presight
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Jul 15, 2025
BPMI partnership for U.S. Navy production inspections and digital twins

Gecko described a BPMI partnership to reduce inspection spans (up to 90% for forged components in initial trials) and build digital twin/data records for component manufacturing health history.

Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI)
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Jun 12, 2025
Reached unicorn status (Series D)

Gecko announced it reached unicorn status and cited a Series D valuation of $1.25 billion while identifying investors in the round.

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Nov 10, 2023
Columbia-class submarine manufacturing weld inspection demonstration contract

Gecko announced a demonstration contract intended to digitize robotic weld inspection results and create a maintenance baseline for weld inspections in the Columbia-class program manufacturing process.

U.S. Navy · BlueForge Alliance
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