Hyperion Robotics, a Finnish physical AI company developing robotic manufacturing
technology for infrastructure construction, has raised $7.4 million in a growth
funding round to scale its robotic microfactories across Europe. The round was
co-led by Course Corrected and the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund),
with participation from RE Ventures, part of the Romande Energie Group,
alongside existing investors Lifeline Ventures, Übermorgen Ventures and PC
Rettig Impact & Co.
Hyperion
combines robotics, automation and artificial intelligence to manufacture
infrastructure components in factory settings close to project sites. At the
core of its technology is Forge, a software platform that integrates design,
structural engineering, code compliance, robotics and factory operations into a
single system.
Compared
with conventional construction methods, the company’s robotic microfactories
can produce infrastructure components up to three times faster while reducing
costs by up to 50 per cent and cutting carbon emissions by up to 70 per cent.
Hyperion says its approach also uses up to 75 per cent less material than
traditional construction by shifting production from labour-intensive building
sites to digitally controlled factories.
Fernando De los Rios, CEO of Hyperion Robotics, said the investment will enable the
company to scale factory-based manufacturing as Europe faces growing
infrastructure renewal needs alongside labour shortages, budget constraints and
decarbonisation targets.
We’ve
already built some of the most efficient concrete structures in the world. With
this funding, we start delivering at scale, in factories built next to the
projects they serve. Europe doesn’t have the time, the budget or the labour for
construction to keep working the way it has. Physical AI is how we close that
gap.
The
investment will support the launch of Forge I, Hyperion’s first UK
microfactory, in Flixborough near Scunthorpe in partnership with LKAB. The
facility will manufacture infrastructure components for sectors including
energy, utilities, water, data centres and carbon capture.
The funding will
also support further development of the Forge platform and the company’s
expansion across European infrastructure markets.
