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Monumental raised a $32m Series B led by Khosla Ventures to deploy more bricklaying robots on building sites in Britain and the United States. The Amsterdam company's fleet of over 150 electric robots has already built walls for more than 100 homes, a school, a hotel, and a canal wall. Monumental charges contractors per finished wall rather than selling the machines.

Monumental raised $32 million in Series B funding led by Khosla Ventures, with Plural and Hummingbird participating. The Amsterdam startup deploys over 150 autonomous electric bricklaying robots across the Netherlands and UK, having built walls for more than 100 homes. Contractors pay for finished walls, not robots.

Salar al Khafaji sold Silk to Palantir in 2016. His Amsterdam-based construction robotics company Monumental raised a $32 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures. The company deploys compact, electric, self-driving bricklaying robots on construction sites. The funding will fuel a U.S. launch and scale its European fleet.
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