VerticalAI · Orbit

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VerticalAI

End-to-End agentic platform for the heavy industry

San Francisco, CA, United StatesAI / MLSeedFounded 2026Updated Jun 23, 2026

Active raise

$7M

Seed · $100,000 min ticket

$5.4M$7M goal

Invested $3.6MCommitted $1.8M

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Key proof points

20+ person team with AI, heavy industry, and autonomy expertise
Team experience from OpenAI and DeepMind
Previously built and scaled SafeAI across Caterpillar ecosystem and mining operators globally
Successfully exited previous startups
20+ years production hardware and embedded systems experience
Partners include Mitsui, RTI, and TTControl (HYDAC International)
Target accounts include Roy Hill, Kajima, Ferrovial, Lundin Mining, and Foxconn

Strategic interests

Talent

Engineering and field deployment talent

Building a team with expertise in AI research, production software, embedded systems, and field deployment for heavy-industry environments.

Capital

Fundraise

The deck includes a Financials section as part of its agenda, indicating an active fundraise discussion, though specific raise terms are not stated in the available slides.

Strategic

OEM and operator partnerships

Seeking relationships with heavy-industry OEMs, mining operators, construction companies, and system integrators to expand platform deployment across North America and APAC.

About

VerticalAI is an end-to-end agentic platform purpose-built for heavy industry. Its VerticalAI OS combines three pillars: Digital AI agents (FlowOS, ForgeAI, RootAI) for operational workflows such as exploration, estimation, and planning; the Nova hardware platform that turns any heavy vehicle or industrial robot into a software-defined machine capable of running AI agents and receiving OTA updates; and Nebula, an AI data platform that unifies siloed field operations, SCADA, fleet, and enterprise systems into a single AI-ready data fabric. The foundation model is built on open-source models verticalized for heavy industry with domain data and context, alongside a physics-informed Vision Language Action Model (VLAM). Customers include mining operators, construction companies, and OEMs across North America and APAC.

Problem

Heavy industry generates massive volumes of operational data, but most of it is siloed across ERP, SCADA, fleet, and safety systems. On average, 73% of industrial data goes unused today, with 5 or more disconnected systems per site. There is no single trusted partner that combines operational intelligence (Digital AI) with a physics-informed autonomy layer (Physical AI) and a Software Defined Machine platform on open architecture. Generic AI tools lack the domain depth, customer relationships, and embedded physics required to deliver real operational value in mining, construction, oil and gas, and utilities.

Solution

VerticalAI OS is the operating system for building, deploying, managing, and securing industrial AI agents across complex vertical workflows. It is built on three pillars:

Digital Agents (Pillar 1): FlowOS, ForgeAI, and RootAI deliver operational intelligence agents trained on heavy-industry domain data. Customers can define their own workflows; agents are trained on their data, tuned to their operations, and owned by them.
Nova Hardware Platform (Pillar 2): A complete embedded platform (edge compute, sensors, and communication) that can be installed on any heavy vehicle or industrial robot, transforming it into a software-defined machine capable of running AI agents and receiving OTA updates. Supported machine categories include haul trucks, excavators, loaders, dozers, robots, and AGVs.
Nebula Data Platform (Pillar 3): The AI data layer that ingests, unifies, routes, and learns from field operations and enterprise systems, giving both Digital and Physical agents a single AI-ready data fabric in real time.

Our vision

What Harvey is doing for legal and Sierra is doing for customer service, VerticalAI is doing for heavy industry. The long-term vision is to become the foundational operating system that every heavy-industry operator, OEM, and system integrator relies on to deploy, manage, and continuously improve AI agents across their machines and workflows globally.

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