Mach9, which makes AI-based CAD software for surveyors and civil engineers, has raised a $34m Series A round co-led by First Round Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. The San Francisco company announced the round on 21 October 2026.
Prudence also invested, and Quiet Capital, an existing backer, took part again. Mach9 said the round brings its total funding to $49m. It did not disclose a valuation. Pulse 2.0 also reported the raise.
“We're expanding the world's capacity to build and maintain the infrastructure that people depend on.”Alex Baikovitz, Co-founder and CEO, Mach9
What Mach9 does
Before roads, utility networks or other infrastructure can be rebuilt, survey teams have to map what is already in place. Laser scanning with LiDAR now lets crews capture miles of road in a day, but converting that data into engineering drawings is still largely done by hand and can take weeks or months, the company said.
Mach9's customers upload 3D scans taken with their existing equipment. The software then draws features such as kerbs, signs, poles, lane markings and overhead wires to centimetre-level accuracy, and surveyors and engineers check and finish the drawings in Mach9's own editor. The company says this produces drawings up to ten times faster and at a fifth of the cost.
Mach9 also pointed to a shrinking workforce, saying the number of resident surveying licences fell 24% between 2011 and 2025.
Customers and use
Engineering teams have used Mach9 on more than 2,500 projects across all 50 states and surveyed more than 100,000 miles of infrastructure corridors with it, according to the company. Customers include the engineering firms WSP, HNTB and NV5 and transport agencies such as Caltrans, the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Maryland State Highway Administration.
Caltrans is using the software to record rumble strips and other safety features on Interstate 8 in San Diego. Kier + Wright is using it on pedestrian-safety work near schools in San Francisco, and Fibersmith on a project in Louisiana to bring high-speed internet to about 125,000 homes and businesses that lacked it.
Rob Ashley, a technology director at the engineering firm Pennoni, said Mach9 lets his team take on 50% more work without adding staff.
Founders and investors
Mach9 was started by Alex Baikovitz, its chief executive, with Haowen Shi, Michael Mong and Zach Sussman, who met at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute. Before Mach9 they worked on systems that sense and move through the physical world at Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, NASA and Google X. The company has not disclosed its founding date or headcount.
Caty Rea, a vice president at Bessemer, led the firm's investment together with Brian Feinstein, who earlier led Bessemer's investment in the construction software company Procore. Rea said AI is opening the way for a new generation of CAD software. Bill Trenchard, a partner at First Round, noted that the US has 4.2 million miles of public roads, not counting power lines, fibre and railways.
Mach9 said it will use the money to build out its AI software for surveying and civil engineering. The company tied the raise to the need to repair ageing US infrastructure, noting that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act set aside $1.2 trillion for that work.
Company website: mach9.ai