Boris Sofman
Boris Sofman is the co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Robotics, an AI-powered construction automation company based in San Francisco. He previously served as a senior executive at Waymo, leading autonomous trucking and core technologies for its robotaxi network, before co-founding Bedrock in 2024 alongside other Waymo veterans. At Bedrock Robotics, Sofman is leading development of AI operating systems that retrofit existing heavy construction equipment — excavators, bulldozers, and loaders — to operate autonomously, targeting excavation work that represents roughly 25% of U.S. construction spend. The company raised $350 million in total funding through early 2026 and completed a large-scale autonomous excavation deployment on a 130-acre manufacturing site in late 2025.
“"It's a bunch of guys from Waymo with me, Boris. And he's doing excavation and it's working, right? So it's AI driven excavation, which is 25% of the construction spend in the US." — Joe Lonsdale [00:27:10]”
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