With new funding, Monumental plans to bring its construction robots to the U.S.

Monumental, an Amsterdam-based robotics company, raised $32 million in Series B funding to expand its construction robot operations to the U.S. and develop new capabilities beyond bricklaying. The company's autonomous robots use sensors, computer vision, and software called Atrium to lay bricks and mortar with millimeter precision on construction sites, and have already built walls for over 100 homes across the Netherlands and the U.K. This matters because the U.S. construction industry faces significant labor shortages, with shortfalls of between 200,000 and 400,000 workers in any given month. Monumental positions its robots as a solution to increase construction capacity by handling repetitive bricklaying work while skilled workers focus on higher-value tasks, though the company notes it operates as a subcontractor rather than replacing workers, with human operators responsible for deployment, maintenance, and oversight.