Reframe Systems, a company utilizing physical AI to address the housing crisis, announced a $20 million Series A funding round co-led by Eclipse and VoLo Earth Ventures, with support from MassMutual Catalyst Funds, Cubit Capital, Planetary Health at RA Capital Management, Saga Ventures, and Nor’easter Ventures.
The company was founded by former Amazon Robotics leaders Vikas Enti, Felipe Polido, and Aaron Small, who have scaled some of the most advanced automation systems globally, deploying over 500,000 robots across Amazon’s fulfillment network. Currently, they are applying this expertise to home construction—an industry still reliant on fragmented, outdated, and manual processes.
In their local microfactories, Reframe is developing a variety of missing-middle housing types, including single-family homes, duplexes, townhomes, and small multifamily units. These microfactories utilize proprietary software and robotics to decrease construction times for attainable dwellings by 35%, thereby addressing critical labor shortages in the housing sector. The process leverages software and robotics to shorten development timelines while reducing costs significantly.
Despite longstanding warnings from experts, the United States faces an estimated shortage of millions of homes. This issue is further compounded by a deficit of hundreds of thousands of construction workers and a decade-long focus on building high-end housing at the expense of attainable housing. The industry continues to rely on centuries-old manual methods, rendering homebuilding costly, inefficient, and unable to meet demand.
Reframe Systems applies principles that revolutionized e-commerce fulfillment to the housing industry. Unlike traditional, labor-intensive methods, Reframe’s network of AI-driven regional microfactories can be deployed within 100 days and are capable of manufacturing five single-family homes per week by:
— Facilitating mass customization at scale, with homes tailored to local codes and conditions through Reframe’s proprietary pixels-to-parts software.
— Automating framing, sheathing, and insulation processes with proprietary vision-guided robots.
— Supporting apprentices and builders with material marking and iPad instructions for complex workflows.
The outcome is factory-grade precision, constructed in compliance with local zoning requirements, resulting in resilient homes that are all-electric, solar-ready, and designed to meet strict fire-resilience standards, including ember-resistant vents and non-combustible materials.
Reframe’s mission is to unlock resilient housing for all, with a target of producing one million homes globally by 2045. The company seeks to leverage its microfactory model to deliver resilient, site-specific housing in markets where speed, adaptability, and climate-ready construction are in high demand.
Progress is evident in the Boston area, where two three-story homes are underway in Somerville, marking a significant milestone for the company’s urban expansion. The firm is on schedule to construct 20 housing units across two multi-family complexes in Somerville, MA, twelve single-family homes in Devens, MA, a tiny home in Woburn, MA, and a bungalow in Altadena, CA. Reframe also aims to establish a microfactory in Southern California to help mitigate the region’s housing shortage and address damages caused by recent wildfires.
KEY QUOTES:
“We’re at an inflection point where advancements in AI, robotics, and software are converging to transform industries that have resisted change for centuries. Reframe has engineered a system that brings these capabilities together to address two of the most urgent challenges of our time, climate change and housing shortage, in a way that is practical, scalable, cost-effective, and ready to deploy today. It’s a blueprint for how physical AI can bridge the gap between innovation and real-world impact.”
Kareem Dabbagh, Managing Partner at VoLo Earth Ventures
“The construction industry doesn’t have a building problem — it has an execution problem. Reframe Systems is turning construction from an unpredictable craft into a reliable, scalable process. With proprietary software and a network of automated Microfactories powered by Physical AI and robotics, Reframe Systems delivers projects on time, on budget, and at an affordable price — every time and everywhere.”
Charly Mwangi, Partner at Eclipse
“Most modular builders are set up like car factories, producing one product the same way and shipping it everywhere. Our microfactories flip that model. We can adapt a design for the local code, climate, and even neighborhood style in minutes without adding cost or time, whether it’s a triple-decker or a single-family home. Because the system works the same way in every location, we can stand up new microfactories quickly and replicate that adaptability at scale, bringing precision-built, site-customized homes to communities across the country.”
Vikas Enti, CEO and co-founder of Reframe Systems
