# Tom Eliaz

> Tom Eliaz is the Co-Founder and VP of Engineering at Bedrock Robotics, a San Francisco-based startup building autonomous systems for heavy construction equipment. With over two decades of software engineering leadership spanning robotics, cloud infrastructure, and AI, he previously led 100+ engineers at Twilio Engage, directed engineering at Segment through its $3.2B acquisition, and was an early cloud platform engineer at Anki. Before Bedrock, he also founded a healthcare technology company. At Bedrock - a $1.75B-valued company that raised $270M in Series B funding in February 2026 - Eliaz applies engineering depth to the problem of retrofitting excavators and heavy machinery with LiDAR, GPS, and AI software to run autonomously on construction sites 24/7.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & VP, Engineering at Bedrock Robotics
- **Organizations:** Bedrock Robotics, Twilio, Segment, Anki
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BSE in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded Bedrock Robotics, which raised $350M total and reached $1.75B valuation by February 2026, Led engineering organization of 100+ engineers at Twilio Engage, Helped scale Segment's engineering through its $3.2B acquisition by Twilio

## Career timeline

- **1998-2002** — Studied Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania
- **2002-2012** — Founded a healthcare technology company focused on chronic disease patient care; held early engineering roles
- **2012-2019** — Joined Anki as an early employee; rose to Sr. Director, Software Engineering - Cloud, building cloud infrastructure for millions of connected devices
- **2019-2024** — Joined Segment as an engineering director leading infrastructure and product areas; remained through Twilio's $3.2B acquisition
- **2020-2024** — Led engineering organization at Twilio Engage (100+ engineers), overseeing multiple products, high-scale computation, and AI initiatives
- **2024** — Departed Twilio/Segment and co-founded Bedrock Robotics with Boris Sofman, Kevin Peterson, and Ajay Gummalla
- **2025-07** — Bedrock Robotics emerged from stealth with $80M in Seed and Series A funding
- **2025-11** — Bedrock completed large-scale supervised autonomy deployment for mass excavation on 130-acre manufacturing site
- **2026-02** — Bedrock Robotics raised $270M Series B led by CapitalG, reaching $1.75B valuation

## Achievements

- Co-founded Bedrock Robotics, which raised $350M total and reached $1.75B valuation by February 2026
- Led engineering organization of 100+ engineers at Twilio Engage
- Helped scale Segment's engineering through its $3.2B acquisition by Twilio
- Built cloud infrastructure at Anki from scratch to handle millions of connected devices
- Founded a healthcare technology company addressing chronic disease patient care
- Oversaw Bedrock's first large-scale autonomous excavation deployment (65,000 cubic yards of dirt removed on a Southwest construction site)
- Built and led engineering platforms across cloud, IoT, robotics, big data, and AI over 22+ years

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Bedrock Robotics raised $270M Series B led by CapitalG and Valor Atreides AI Fund, with participation from NVIDIA's NVentures, MIT, Tishman Speyer, and others, at a $1.75B valuation
- **2025-11** — Bedrock completed a large-scale autonomous excavation deployment on a 130-acre manufacturing site
- **2025-07** — Bedrock Robotics emerged from stealth with $80M in combined Seed and Series A funding, revealing the Bedrock Operator product

## Links

- Website: https://bedrockrobotics.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomeliaz

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Last updated: 2026-05-22