Autonomous Solutions, Inc., a robotics company with offices in Lehi, landed a $225 million investment from SoftBank Group Corp. The two companies also formed a joint venture to deploy self-driving construction equipment on large infrastructure projects.

ASI announced the deal on Sept. 24. The $225 million goes directly to ASI to grow its commercial operations. The joint venture is a separate entity, also capitalized by SoftBank, though the companies did not disclose that amount.

The deal caps more than 25 years of autonomous-vehicle work in Utah. ASI was founded in 2000 by engineers who commercialized technology developed at Utah State University. It is headquartered in Mendon, in Cache Valley, and operates a 200-plus-acre proving ground there. The company opened a Lehi office at WeWork Innovation Pointe in June 2025, placing it inside the Silicon Slopes tech corridor.

"Skilled equipment operators are hard to find, and coordinating mixed fleets across a big jobsite is a real bottleneck," CEO Mel Torrie told The Robot Report. He said the joint venture is built to solve that problem at scale.

ASI's core product is its Mobius platform, software that coordinates autonomous vehicles from different manufacturers so they operate as a single fleet. The joint venture will apply that technology to haul trucks, dozers, loaders and compactors on projects such as roads, airports, railways and waste-management sites, according to ASI's announcement.

The partnership is not new. In May 2025, ASI launched a heavy construction business unit with SoftBank as a strategic partner, citing growing demand and a shrinking pool of skilled operators.

ASI has also been expanding through acquisitions. In March, the company acquired Longmont, Colorado-based Scythe Robotics, which builds autonomous commercial mowers and a computer-vision system called Scythe Sight. That deal added perception technology to ASI's fleet-coordination platform, according to an ASI press release.

SoftBank's bet on ASI fits a broader pattern. Hoodline reported the ASI investment is SoftBank's second major move into autonomous heavy machinery in as many months, following a $200 million round for Gravis Robotics.

The companies did not disclose the joint venture's ownership structure or a valuation for ASI tied to the $225 million investment.

Torrie is scheduled to speak at the RoboBusiness conference on Oct. 20 in a session on outdoor autonomy.