Gecko Robotics

Extracted Attributes

• Name

  Gecko Robotics

• Status

  Unicorn company

• Valuation

  $1.25 billion

• Founder/CEO

  Jake Loosararian

• Recognition

  CNBC Disruptor 50 (2025)

• Headquarters

  Pittsburgh, United States

• Primary Focus

  Maintenance and modernization of critical infrastructure

• Core Technology

  AI + Robotics (AIR technology)

• Operating Platform

  Cantilever

Timeline

• Forged a new partnership with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies to help maintain military aircraft around the world. (Source: web_search_results)

  2024-04-01

• The U.S. Navy expanded its partnership with Gecko Robotics, increasing the use of Gecko's work on its fleet by 400% in 2024. (Source: web_search_results)

  2024-09-01

• Featured in an article by Caroline Peachey on Mining-Technology, highlighting its use of AI and robotics in mine sites and its growth in the mining sector. (Source: web_search_results)

  2024-11-21

• Achieved unicorn status with a $125 million Series D funding round, doubling its valuation to $1.25 billion. (Source: web_search_results)

  2024-01-01

• Welcomed the AI action plan published by the White House, emphasizing the need for the U.S. to win the global AI race. (Source: web_search_results)

  2024-01-01

Mechanical Gecko

In robotics and mechanical engineering, on November 15, 2008, China's Technology Daily reported Dr. Li Hiu Yeung and his research group of the New Concept Aircraft (ZHUHAI) Co., Ltd. had recently successfully developed the Mechanical Gecko named "Speedy Freelander". The "Speedy Freelander" is a new intelligent robot with a compact and flexible body. Its possible use includes search, rescue, counter-terrorism, as well as scientific experiments and scientific exploration. Mechanical Gecko "Freelander" comprehensively utilizes the optical, electromagnetic sensing and new communication methods, and optical, mechanical and electronic integration technology. According to the introduction by Dr. Li, this gecko robot with the artificial intelligence can rapidly climb up and down a variety of building walls, ground and wall fissures, and walk upside-down on the ceiling. It is able to adapt to the surfaces of smooth glass, rough, sticky or dusty walls as well as the various types of metallic materials. It can also identify and circumvent obstacles automatically. Its flexibility and speed are comparable to the natural gecko.

Web Search Results

• Gecko Robotics: AI + Robotics for the Built World | Y Combinator

  Gecko Robotics is the pioneer of AI + Robotics [AIR technology], transforming how the world builds, operates, and maintains its most critical infrastructure for a more reliable and sustainable future. Using fixed sensors and robots that climb, crawl, swim, and fly, we combine first-order data layers with the predictive power of AI into a single source of truth for the physical world. Cantilever™ is our operating platform, powered by AIR technology, that empowers teams to achieve operational [...] #### What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world? The long-term vision for Gecko Robotics is to transform the world’s most important industries that have been left behind in the digitalization movement. Gecko aims to be one of the first truly impactful robotics companies and prove that the best way to build incredible hardware and software is around solving real world problems and creating impactful outcomes for customers. Footer ------

• Gecko Robotics | LinkedIn

  Gecko Robotics is the pioneer of AI + Robotics [AIR technology], transforming how the world builds, operates, and maintains its most critical infrastructure for a more reliable and sustainable future. Using fixed sensors and robots that climb, crawl, swim, and fly, we combine first-order data layers with the predictive power of AI into a single source of truth for the physical world. Cantilever® is our operating platform, powered by AIR technology, that empowers teams to achieve operational [...] save lives, cut the costs and risks associated with maintenance, and reduce CO2 emissions. Co-founder and CEO of Gecko Robotics @Jake Loosararian, explains how it all works. Gecko Robotics is an example of ‘technology convergence’, which is when multiple technologies combine to create new capabilities that generate compounding effects and give rise to new industries and business models. A new report by the Forum and Capgemini identifies 23 #technology combinations reshaping industries today. [...] to be a partner in that effort. [Likes: 8, Comments: 0]; Gecko Robotics (1d Edited): Gecko Robotics welcomes the AI action plan published by the White House today. The United States must win the global AI race and will only do so by using artificial intelligence to supercharge energy production itself. At the same time, it is critical that we collect and use high-fidelity data to feed AI models, and we remain at the forefront of leading this charge. Jake Loosararian speaks to Fox Business

• Gecko Robotics: 2025 CNBC Disruptor 50

  That's a challenge that Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics is rising to meet. Gecko's fleet of AI-assisted robots can analyze thousands of different crucial assets, leveraging analysis and algorithms to provide new data and insights into the health and usability of those assets, ultimately reducing costs and downtime. [...] The U.S. Navy expanded its partnership with Gecko Robotics in September, noting that it had increased the use of Gecko's work on its fleet by 400% in 2024. Navy data showed that the robots had helped reduce lead time and work hours, as well as identify defects that may have otherwise been missed by traditional inspection methods. According to the Navy and Gecko, for one Navy asset, traditional methods captured less than 100 data points on key vital defense structures while Gecko's platform [...] Gecko forged a new partnership with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies in April to help maintain military aircraft around the world. Rather than needing to have individual inspectors take hours and potentially days scouring over each plane to find faults, a Gecko operator can fly a drone around each aircraft remotely that collects high-quality images, which Gecko's software can stitch together into a digital twin of that aircraft. With that 3D model, inspectors and service providers can

• Gecko Robotics on using AI and robotics at mine sites

  Although Loosararian says mining was Gecko Robotics’ “fastest-growing sector” over the past three to four months, there are many other industries that are benefitting from its tech. In fact, according to GlobalData, Gecko Robotics is the leading patent filer in inspection robotics, with the broadest geographical reach and application diversity of the 65-plus companies engaged in the development and use of inspection robots. [...] In addition to these predictive maintenance applications, Gecko says its robots and AI platform can support emissions reduction. A study completed in January claims better use of robotics and AI could reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions by up to 853mt annually across various sectors. It finds that detecting corrosion, leaks and other defects within the O&G sector could reduce fugitive emissions most — by up to 556mt of CO₂ equivalent per year by 2030. [...] Caroline Peachey November 21, 2024 Share Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Image 2 Gecko’s Toka 5 robot and AI-powered operating platform can support predictive maintenance at mines. Credit: Gecko Robotics. Robots integrated with AI are a way of ensuring that mines get “the right data” to help optimise performance, says Jake Loosararian, the CEO and co-founder of Gecko Robotics.

• Gecko Robotics reaches unicorn status with latest funding

  Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh-based company that designs robots for building, operating, and modernizing critical infrastructure, today achieved unicorn status. With a fresh $125 million in Series D funding, Gecko Robotics doubled its valuation from its previous round to $1.25 billion. [...] “While much of the tech industry is focused on consumer AI applications, Gecko Robotics is using AI to address an important, underappreciated challenge – the building and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Gecko’s business continues to grow as organizations across a wide variety of sectors realize this work is more safely and thoroughly performed by sensors and robots than humans,” said Trae Stephens, Partner at Founders Fund. [...] Gecko uses a variety of robots that can climb, fly, and swim to collect data on built structures, such as U.S. Navy warships, power plants, and public infrastructure. The company’s operating platform, Cantilever, provides a decision-making structure that can predict pipeline explosions, modernize a C-130 aircraft, or use AI to recommend how to operate a power plant at 3-5% greater efficiency, the company claimed.