AIM Intelligent Machines
AIM Intelligent Machines converts heavy earthmoving equipment into autonomous machines for construction and mining. Its plug-and-play retrofit kit and AI autonomy software let dozers, excavators, and loaders grade sites, dig, and move earth without an operator, supervised remotely.
Best for: Construction and site-development contractors who need autonomous earthmoving for tasks like residential site grading, solar farm pile driving, foundation work, and demolition.
Last reviewed 6/2/26
- Integrations
- Retrofit hardware integrates with existing heavy equipment regardless of make, model, size, or age
- Property types
- residential-land, commercial-development, solar-renewables, infrastructure
- Geography served
- United States and Australia
How AIM Intelligent Machines uses AI[1][2]
AIM retrofits existing bulldozers, excavators, loaders, and skid steers with plug-and-play sensor and edge-compute hardware, then runs them with an embodied AI autonomy stack. The system uses 360-degree LiDAR perception to build real-time 3D maps of a site and executes dig, haul, plow, fill, and grade tasks without an operator in the cab.
- • Retrofit hardware kit works across equipment make, model, size, and age
- • 360-degree LiDAR perception builds real-time 3D site maps for navigation and digging
- • Autonomy stack plans and executes dig, haul, plow, fill, and level cycles unmanned
- • One remote supervisor can oversee a full fleet of autonomous machines on a site
AI type: Embodied AI / robotics autonomy stack with LiDAR perception and edge compute
Legacy platform API: unknown MCP: no
Key numbers[2][1]
- • Raised $50M (announced June 2025) led by top-tier investors including Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst
- • Commercially deployed at mine and construction sites across the U.S. and Australia
- • Use cases include residential site grading, solar farm pile driving, wind turbine foundation work, and highway demolition
Credibility[4][3]
- Founders
- Founded and led by CEO Adam Sadilek, a former Waymo and Google Brain / Google X engineer. Team includes engineers from Waymo, SpaceX, Google, Tesla, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Trimble.
- Customers
- Deployed at construction and mining sites in the U.S. and Australia, including Mineral Technologies Inc. (MTI).
- Investors
- Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, DCVC, Ironspring Ventures, Human Capital, Mantis VC, and angel investor Elad Gil.
Founded
2021
Headquarters
Monroe, Washington, USA
Stage
Series A
Employees
51-200
Sources
- AIM official website (aim.vision)
- GeekWire: AIM raises $50M to retrofit bulldozers and excavators
- BusinessWire: AIM Automates Construction and Mining, $50M funding
- Semafor: Construction tech startup AIM raises $50M (founder Adam Sadilek)
- 425business: Local company raises $50M, HQ Monroe WA
- AIM LinkedIn company page
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