Automated Architecture (AUAR)

AUAR (Automated Architecture) is reimagining the way homes are built by combining robotics, AI, and thoughtful design to create a scalable, sustainable construction ecosystem. At the core of its offering are Robotic Micro-Factories: compact, containerized units equipped with robots that produce modular timber-frame panels for walls, floors, and roofs. These pop-up factories can build the shell of a timber home in under 12 hours, with an annual capacity of up to 180 homes per factory. The system is powered by AUAR’s proprietary software, which automates thousands of traditionally manual tasks—from design generation to manufacturing code—streamlining production while enabling design flexibility. Rather than retrofitting robotics to outdated construction methods, AUAR has rethought the building process from the ground up, treating each panel like a “bit” of code to simplify and optimize for automation.

The company offers a flexible, no-capex hardware-as-a-service model that lowers the barrier to entry for builders, developers, and manufacturers. Partners pay an upfront cost (starting around $312,000) plus a software licensing fee, and gain access to a fully equipped Micro-Factory and remote support through AUAR’s AI-powered platform. This “design-as-a-dervice” model also enables instant cost estimation, regulatory alignment, and custom design variation at scale. AUAR’s approach drastically reduces onsite labor, minimizes waste, and cuts material transport costs by up to 80%. It’s a modern twist on the hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) model—bringing the ethos of SaaS to physical construction workflows.

“We didn’t just build robots and ask them to fit into the old way of doing things,” says AUAR CEO Mollie Claypool. “We restructured the very logic of homebuilding so it could be automated. It’s not about repeating the past faster—it’s about inventing a new grammar for how we build homes, one that’s accessible, low-risk, and designed for a more equitable future.”