# Charge Robotics

> Charge Robotics builds robots that automate the most labor-intensive parts of building solar farms. Its flagship product, Sunrise, is a portable assembly line that ships to a project site, robotically snaps together solar 'bays', quality-checks them with machine vision, and uses an autonomous vehicle to place them in the field. Founded in 2021 by MIT engineers Banks Hunter and Max Justicz, the Y Combinator-backed company aims to be the 'Henry Ford moment for solar', removing the labor bottleneck that limits how fast the grid can go renewable.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Leandro, California, United States
- **Founders:** Banks Hunter (Co-founder & CEO), Max Justicz (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~25-30 employees
- **Products:** Sunrise
- **Notable:** Built Sunrise, described as the world's first fully autonomous solar construction system., Completed first real-world field deployment with SOLV Energy in early 2024., Raised roughly $39M total across seed, Series A, and a $22M Series B (March 2025).

## Products & services

- **Sunrise** — A portable, trailer-mounted autonomous solar construction system. It ships to a project site, robotically assembles steel tracks, mounting brackets, fasteners and panels into completed 40-foot 'bays', runs machine-vision quality control, and uses an autonomous robotic vehicle to place finished sections in the field - operating around the clock.

## Achievements

- Built Sunrise, described as the world's first fully autonomous solar construction system.
- Completed first real-world field deployment with SOLV Energy in early 2024.
- Raised roughly $39M total across seed, Series A, and a $22M Series B (March 2025).
- Graduated from Y Combinator (Summer 2021) and emerged from MIT's engineering community.
- Featured by MIT News, pv magazine, and North American Clean Energy.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Publicly launched the Sunrise solar construction robotics system and announced a $22M Series B to fund commercial deployments.
- **2024-07** — Raised a Series A round to expand product development and market reach.
- **2024-01** — Completed first field deployment of Sunrise in partnership with SOLV Energy.

## Links

- Website: https://chargerobotics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/charge-robotics
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ2fP1Y5Z2E

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Last updated: 2026-06-29