Origin
San Francisco maker of OG-1, a robot that finishes drywall on live job sites; $20M raised
Startup · Pilot · Robotics leader · San Francisco, California, United States · Founded 2025 · origin.tech
- Founded 2025 · early 2025; month not published
- Customers · contractors not named
- Funding $20M · total only; rounds not broken out
- Valuation · not disclosed
- Headcount · not published
Profile
Origin builds general-purpose robots for interior construction. Its OG-1 robot applies joint compound, sands and primes walls to a finished surface, including corners, pillars and high walls, and works alongside crews without a cordoned-off area. The company says its first robots were on New York job sites within 10 months of its founding and are now used in commercial buildings, apartments, data centers, hotels and warehouses. It is preparing pilots with two of the largest US drywall-finishing contractors, which it has not named, and in Germany, Sweden, France and Saudi Arabia, and targets 150 deployed robots by the end of 2027, adding trades such as taping, drywall installation and drilling. CEO Yogesh Ghaturle previously founded Perpule, which Amazon acquired in 2021. Origin came out of stealth on Oct 15, 2026 with $20M in total funding co-led by Accel and Zacua Ventures.
Notes Founded in early 2025, according to the company, so slightly past the 18-month age guide. Zacua Ventures' Vivin Hegde has joined the board.
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Leadership
- Yogesh Ghaturle, Co-founder & CEO
- Tushar Makkar, Co-founder (autonomy)
- Ashish Daga, Co-founder (hardware)
Flagship products
- OG-1 Autonomous machines
Three-wheeled interior-construction robot that applies joint compound, sands and primes walls up to 14 feet high, run by Origin's own Construction Action Model; built to take on more trades with swappable tools
Funding and valuation
Latest round
$20M
Funding to date (rounds not broken out) · Oct 15, 2026
Led by Accel, Zacua Ventures
Also Unilazer Ventures, Schema Ventures, Z21, ISAI, Imad Ventures.
The company announced $20M in total funding, co-led by Accel and Zacua Ventures, with angels from Anduril, Skild AI, 1X and Tesla; the split across rounds is not disclosed.
Total raised
$20M
As of Oct 15, 2026
Total announced on emerging from stealth
Trademarks
No US filings since 2025 (last checked ).
Source: USPTO Trademark Search, matched on the company’s legal names. Rechecked on the 1st and 15th of each month. A filing shows intent to use a name in the US, not a launched product.
Recent news
Sources
- Origin Emerges From Stealth With $20 Million to Build General-Purpose Robots for Construction (Origin) (Oct 15, 2026)
- Construction robotics startup Origin raises $20 Mn led by Accel, Zacua Ventures (Entrackr) (Oct 15, 2026)
- This Robot Finishes Drywall 3X Faster Than Humans. Now It Has $20 Million To Learn More Trades (Forbes) (Oct 15, 2026)
Confidence: medium.