Point One Navigation announced today it raised $35 million in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors including IA Ventures, UP Partners and Alumni Ventures. The capital will accelerate the company’s Polaris-powered precise positioning platform, enabling centimeter-level accuracy for autonomous systems, robotics and drones in real-world applications, the company said.
Point One Navigation, which provides cloud-based GNSS corrections and sensor fusion software, has now raised more than $60 million total since its founding in 2018, serving more than 1,000 customers across industries like logistics, agriculture and construction.
The funding comes amid surging demand for reliable location data in physical AI, where traditional GPS often falls short due to multipath errors and signal interference in urban or obstructed environments. Point One’s Polaris service delivers real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections globally via a network of reference stations and satellite broadcasts, achieving sub-2-centimeter horizontal accuracy without expensive base stations, the company said.
From self-driving cars and trucks, to delivery robots and precision agriculture, the rise of Physical AI—machines that understand and interact with the real world—depends on reliable, high-accuracy location.
In a statement, Aaron Nathan, CEO and co-founder of Point One Navigation, said: “For years, enabling Physical AI through precision location has been a powerful concept but painfully complex to implement in the real world. By combining dense, centralized infrastructure, intelligent software, and a developer-first API, we’re giving every OEM the spatial awareness to bring their platforms to life. This funding accelerates our mission to make precise location as universal as GPS itself.”
In other company news, Point One and SenSen, a leading provider of AI-powered Live Awareness solutions for smart cities, announced a strategic partnership to deliver centimeter-accurate location data across the entire SenSen portfolio.
