Retrofit AI and automation: the future of construction and mining

Retrofit AI and automation: the future of construction and mining

Retrofit AI and automation: the future of construction and mining

Bibhrajit Halder, founder & CEO of SafeAI, is on a mission to improve the safety and efficiency of mining and construction with fully autonomous vehicles.

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Bibhrajit is the founder & CEO of  SafeAI, a leader in autonomous heavy equipment. He got his start in autonomy during the early aughts at the DARPA Grand Challenge.

He went on to autonomous projects at Caterpillar, Ford, Faraday Future, and Apple before founding SafeAI in 2017.

SafeAI retrofits heavy vehicles with autonomous technology to make sites safer, more productive, and more cost-effective. 

The CEO shared nostalgia about the 1980s “Transformers” series and looked into the future where SafeAI could help humans expand beyond our planet. 

Making industry safer and more efficient

Since its founding in 2017, SafeAI has helped automate the work fleets for many of the world's biggest names in mining and construction, including MACA and Obayashi Corporation, and just announced a new partnership with CRH Ventures. And they are only just getting started.


 

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