HIVE Autonomy

Market context

HIVE Autonomy builds a physical-AI retrofit stack that adds autonomous and supervised operation to existing industrial machines. Its deployments span wheel loaders, forklifts and heavy equipment in logistics, industrial and infrastructure environments.

Facts

• Website: https://hiveautonomy.no/
• HQ: Kristiansand, Norway
• Segment: autonomy software
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2026-07-07 - Pre-Series A - $15M - HIVE Autonomy raises $15M pre-Series A for physical-AI retrofit stack - source: sifted.eu

Investors

• Nysno - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-07
• Skyfall - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-07
• SuperSeed - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-07
• Veriten - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-07

HIVE Autonomy market context

HIVE Autonomy supplies retrofit autonomy and fleet-control software for forklifts, wheel loaders, excavators and other industrial machines.

• Target environment: Industrial machine operations
• Deployment model: Software/infrastructure layer
• Customer context: Industrial operators
• Workflow context: Fleet automation
• Commercial maturity: Public product and operating evidence
• Source confidence: medium

Events

• 2026-07-07 - Funding - HIVE Autonomy raises $15M pre-Series A for physical-AI retrofit stack - SuperSeed led the round, with Veriten, Skyfall and Nysn? participating. HIVE installs a silicon-brain retrofit into existing industrial machines including wheel loaders, forklifts and excavators. The company cites deployments in harsh industrial environments…