Monumental Makes Construction Bots Play Nice Together | E2217

We built three types of robots that work together. They actually share one platform. The main one, obviously, is doing the bricklaying. But we also immediately decided to build one that supplies the bricks and then one that supplies the mortar. A big part of automated construction is actually about automating, like, the supply chain on construction side. Is it kinda like end to end automated, or do humans still need to do any loading or unloading in the, the workflow process? Right now, we decided to have, like, our core focus is as we call it, like, the wall autonomy, like, as you're building a facade, basically. Loading currently is still done by an operator. So, basically, even though there's still a little bit of humans required to make this work, the process is basically entirely machine driven, and the human inputs are going down. And even currently today, they're minimal. So you guys are almost there, sounds like. Do they already play nice with one another, or do you have to kinda keep them in separate zones so they don't, you know, butt arms? They can play together very nicely. Yes. This Week in Startups is brought to you by Pilot. Focus on your product. Let Pilot handle your bookkeeping. Pilot provides the most reliable accounting, CFO, and tax services for startups and small businesses. Head to pilot.com/twist and get $1,200 off your first year. Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal breaker for startups to win new business. Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC two report fast. Get $1,000 off for a limited time at vanta.com/twist. And LinkedIn ads. Start converting your b to b audience into high quality leads today. Launch your first campaign and get $250 free when you spend at least 250. Go to linkedin.com/ this week in startups to claim your credit. Hey, everybody. Welcome back to this week in start ups. This is Alex, and we have an absolutely packed show for you today on this fine Tuesday. First up, we're gonna talk to a couple of Twist 500 companies. And then after that, Jason is gonna answer a number of venture capital questions. So stay tuned if that is your jam. Up first, a company called Monumental. Not only do they have a cool software story, not only are they a cool company based out of Europe, they're also building autonomous construction robots, which means lower housing costs, which means more family formation, which means maybe we'll get that birth rate fixed all around the world. Then we're gonna talk to CSATS, a company that got its start right here in my native Rhode Island, but is now based elsewhere in The US building all sorts of autonomous drones for the sea. Both commercial and defense context come into play here. If you want to know about the state of the art in drone boats, this is for you. Great founders today. A great chat with …