Gecko Robotics
Gecko Robotics builds inspection robots and AI software for critical infrastructure. Its systems collect wall-thickness, corrosion and condition data from assets such as power plants, ships, tanks and industrial facilities, helping operators maintain infrastructure with better digital records.
Market context
Gecko sits in a meaningful part of the robotics market that is easy to undercount: inspection and asset intelligence for critical infrastructure. The company has expanded beyond industrial maintenance into defense and naval readiness, with growing traction across military and industrial asset fleets.
Facts
- Website: https://www.geckorobotics.com
- HQ: Pittsburgh, United States
- Founded: 2013
- Segment: Inspection
- Known funding rounds: 5
Investors
- Founders Fund - Lead - Vc - 5 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2018-08-20 - latest 2025-06-12
- Founders Fund - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-12-05 - latest 2025-06-12
- US Innovative Technology Fund - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-12-05 - latest 2025-06-12
- XN - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-03-03 - latest 2025-06-12
- Drive Capital - Lead - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2019-12-16 - latest 2022-03-03
- Cox Enterprises - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-06-12
- XN - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-06-12
- Y Combinator - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-06-12
- Joe Lonsdale - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-03
- Mark Cuban - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-03
- Snowpoint Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-03
Commercial
1 commercial event; 1 contract award; 1 named customer; $54M disclosed obligated value; $71M disclosed ceiling value; latest event 2026-03-17
- 2026-03-17 - Contract award - Gecko Robotics secures U.S. Navy IDIQ contract for robotic ship inspection and maintenance - U.S. Navy / GSA - $54M obligated - source: geckorobotics.com
Robotic inspection and asset intelligence for critical infrastructure
Gecko Robotics combines inspection robots, nondestructive testing and software for critical infrastructure. Its market context is asset integrity: using robots and data to understand the condition of industrial systems that are expensive, dangerous or difficult to inspect manually.
- Target environment: Power plants, manufacturing facilities, military infrastructure, energy assets, tanks, boilers, pipelines and other critical industrial systems.
- Deployment model: Robotic inspection and software platform model. Gecko uses robots to collect asset data and software to turn inspection results into infrastructure intelligence.
- Customer context: Industrial asset owners, energy companies, defence organizations, manufacturers and infrastructure operators that need better visibility into asset health and maintenance risk.
- Workflow context: Nondestructive testing, wall and surface inspection, thickness measurement, asset mapping, maintenance planning, reliability analysis and infrastructure risk management.
- Commercial maturity: Gecko has commercial maturity in industrial inspection and asset intelligence, with public customer and sector evidence across energy, manufacturing, defence and critical infrastructure.
- Market position: Gecko sits in the industrial inspection and asset-health robotics lane. Its differentiation is the combination of robotic data collection and software for infrastructure decision-making.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on inspection accuracy, site access, customer trust, integration with maintenance workflows, regulatory requirements, cost of downtime and the ability to turn inspection data into…
- Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes robotic inspection, nondestructive testing and asset intelligence for critical infrastructure.
- Source confidence: high
Events
- 2026-05-21 - Capability - Gecko Robotics integrates Ouster Rev8 lidar into Cantilever inspection workflows - Ouster announced that Gecko Robotics is leveraging Rev8 digital lidar sensors to integrate new data layers into Cantilever. Gecko is using the sensor data to improve industrial asset inspection, anomaly detection and digital-twin workflows for critical infras…
- 2026-03-17 - Contract Award - Gecko Robotics secures U.S. Navy IDIQ contract for robotic ship inspection and maintenance - The U.S. Navy and GSA awarded Gecko Robotics a five-year IDIQ contract with a $71 million ceiling Initial work is worth up to $54 million over five years and begins with 18 ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet The contract deploys Gecko's robotics and AI stack to…
- 2025-11-02 - Partnership - ADNOC and Gecko Robotics sign three agreements to accelerate AI, robotics, and workforce training across energy operations - ADNOC and Gecko Robotics announced three agreements covering deployment, broader AI and robotics collaboration, and workforce training initiatives. The package included a multi-year deployment with ADNOC Gas in collaboration with AIQ, alongside exploration of…
- 2025-07-15 - Partnership - BPMI and Gecko Robotics Partner to Enhance U.S. Navy Component Production - • BPMI partnered with Gecko Robotics to introduce advanced manufacturing technology for U.S. • Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. • Initial trials reduced inspection times for forged components by up to 90%, improving cost and schedule per…
- 2025-06-12 - Funding - Gecko Robotics raises Series D at $1.25 billion valuation led by Cox Enterprises - Gecko Robotics announced a Series D financing that valued the company at $1.25 billion. The round was led by Cox Enterprises with participation from existing investors including US Innovative Technology Fund, XN, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator. The funding s…
- 2025-04-16 - Partnership - Gecko Robotics and L3Harris Technologies collaborate on XR solution for aircraft maintenance - Gecko Robotics and L3Harris Technologies announced a collaboration on an extended-reality maintenance solution for aircraft inspection and sustainment workflows. The partnership combines Gecko's data and robotics capabilities with L3Harris maintenance and mis…
- 2025-02-27 - Partnership - NAES and Gecko Robotics announce $100 million agreement to deploy AI and robotics across the U.S. power sector - NAES and Gecko Robotics announced a $100 million agreement focused on deploying AI and robotics across power-generation infrastructure. The agreement targets inspection, maintenance, and operational workflows across the American power grid. The deal extends G…
- 2023-12-05 - Funding - Gecko Robotics raises $100 million Series C extension to expand its defense business - Gecko Robotics announced a $100 million extension of its Series C financing, bringing the total Series C raise to $173 million. The company said the extension would support growth in its defense business as demand increased from the U.S. military and allied c…
- 2022-03-03 - Funding - XN leads $73 million financing for Gecko Robotics - Series C: USD 73,000,000. XN led or provided the financing. Gecko Robotics raised $73 million in Series C financing to scale robotic inspection and software for critical infrastructure.
- 2019-12-16 - Funding - Gecko Robotics raises $40 million Series B - Series B: USD 40,000,000. Drive Capital led or provided the financing. Gecko Robotics raised $40 million in Series B financing to expand its industrial inspection robots and data platform.
- 2018-08-20 - Funding - Gecko Robotics raises $7 million Series A - Series A: USD 7,000,000. Founders Fund led or provided the financing. Gecko Robotics raised $7 million to expand its wall-climbing inspection robots for industrial infrastructure.
Operations / Deployments
- 2025-07-15 - Partnership - BPMI and Gecko Robotics Partner to Enhance U.S. Navy Component Production - • BPMI partnered with Gecko Robotics to introduce advanced manufacturing technology for U.S. • Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. • Initial trials reduced inspection times for forged components by up to 90%, improving cost and schedule per…
- 2025-02-27 - Partnership - NAES and Gecko Robotics announce $100 million agreement to deploy AI and robotics across the U.S. power sector - NAES and Gecko Robotics announced a $100 million agreement focused on deploying AI and robotics across power-generation infrastructure. The agreement targets inspection, maintenance, and operational workflows across the American power grid. The deal extends G…
Team
- Jake Loosararian - CEO and Co-Founder - Loosararian leads Gecko Robotics as it applies robotic inspection and software to critical-infrastructure, defense-industrial, and manufacturing workflows.
Supply chain relationships
- Ouster - Rev8 Digital LIDAR Supplier - Ouster supplies digital lidar used by Gecko Robotics inspection robots and Cantilever asset-intelligence workflows.
Context tags
- Industrial facilities - Customer Environment - Gecko serves critical industrial and infrastructure asset environments.
- Industrial inspection robotics - Peer Group - Gecko uses AI and robotics for critical infrastructure inspection and maintenance.
- Wall-climbing inspection robotics - Peer Group - Gecko robots are reported climbing hulls and crawling through ballast tanks to collect structural and material data.
- Industrial asset inspection - Workflow - Gecko robotics are used for asset integrity, maintenance and critical infrastructure inspection.
- Structural inspection data - Capability - Gecko collects structural and material data through robotic inspection.
- Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Gecko operates robotic tools as part of its inspection system.
- Defence customers - Customer Environment - Reuters reported U.S. Navy/Pacific Fleet use of Gecko robots and software.
- Inspection data analytics - Capability - Gecko combines robotic inspection data with AI-powered software.
- Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - Gecko has public customer and contract activity for robotic inspection.
Customers and deployments
- Contract Value Usd - $71 million IDIQ contract - 2026-03-17 - U.S. Navy - robotic ship inspection - Gecko Robotics secured a $71 million U.S. Navy IDIQ contract for robotic ship inspection and maintenance. - source post…
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