The facts
FieldAI at a glance.
Read Oct 20, 2026. Valuations and amounts are copied as each source states them; a figure that is only reported (talks, or people familiar with the deal) is labeled as reported.
- Kind of company
- Robot brainsThe AI software that lets robots see, plan and move.
- Based in
- Irvine (company-stated); state records indicate Mission Viejo, per OCBJ, United States
- Founded
- 2023Orange County Business Journal, Aug 2025
- Last closed-round valuation
- $2Babout $2 billion (per Axios and CNBC, as cited by GeekWire) (GeekWire, Aug 20, 2025)
- Reported valuation
- Reported $10B, not confirmed by the company$10 billion (Orange County Business Journal, Oct 2, 2026)
- What it has shipped
- Has a product
Founders
- Ali Agha: founder and CEO; seven years at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, postdoc at MIT, started Qualcomm's robotic autonomy efforts in 2016 (Orange County Business Journal, Aug 2025)
Business Insider reported FieldAI is set to raise $700 million at a $10 billion valuation. Oct 2, 2026
Orange County Business Journal, Oct 2, 2026
What it has built
Shipped, or not yet.
“Has a product” is what our search found: something the public can use or buy, a model or API, research only, or nothing public.
2 rounds
Funding, as reported.
Every round we found, with the amount, valuation and investors as the source states them.
| When | Round | Amount | Valuation | Investors named | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | latest two rounds combined (latest: $314 million) | $405 million | about $2 billion (per Axios and CNBC, as cited by GeekWire) | Gates Frontier, Bezos Expeditions, NVentures, BHP Ventures, Canaan Partners, Emerson Collective, Intel Capital, Khosla Ventures, Prysm, Temasek | GeekWire |
| Oct 2, 2026 | reported, not confirmed | $700 million | $10 billion | None named | Orange County Business Journal |
Our note
Worth knowing.
Our note: The $10 billion figure is from Business Insider, relayed by OCBJ; OCBJ said it had asked FieldAI to confirm. We did not fetch the Business Insider article. The OCBJ page date is shown as August 2025 (the round was announced 2025-08-20). We found no dated model release pages.
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