Origin | $20M Funding

Founders: Yogesh Ghaturle (CEO), Ashish Daga, Tushar Makkar

Founded: 2025

Sector: Physical AI / Construction Robotics

What they do

→ Builds autonomous robots that automate interior construction work

→ Flagship robot OG-1 handles wall finishing tasks like applying compound, sanding and priming

→ Designed for commercial buildings, apartments, data centres, hotels and warehouses

→ Powered by a proprietary Construction Action Model that combines task planning, autonomous navigation and tool control

The Funding

→ Raised $20 million in a round co-led by Accel and Zacua Ventures

→ @Unilazer Ventures, Schema Ventures, z21 and angels from Anduril,

Skild AI, 1X and Tesla also joined

→ Zacua’s Vivin Hegde has joined Origin’s board as a director

→ Capital earmarked for expanding the robot fleet, deploying OG-1 and running customer pilots in the US and Europe

Why it matters

→ Deployed its first robots at New York construction sites within 10 months of founding, after 18 months in stealth

→ Claims its robots work at three times human speed with human-level quality

→ Interior work makes up over 65% of construction timelines and is still largely done by hand

→ Targets 150 robots deployed by end of 2027, with pilots planned in the US, Europe and possibly Saudi Arabia, and next trades including taping, drywall, drilling and conduit installation

Can physical AI finally automate the skilled interior work construction has done by hand for a century, or is every job site too messy for robots to master?