# KEWAZO raises funding to accelerate LIFTBOT deployment in heavy industry

- slug: kewazo-raises-funding-to-accelerate-liftbot-deployment-in-heavy-industry
- date: 2026-03-19
- category: Robotics

The Crane Operator and the Robot: KEWAZO's Bet on Heavy Industry

Artem Kuchukov spent years watching the same problem play out on construction sites and industrial plants across Russia and the United States: workers hoisting materials by hand, cranes backed up, schedules slipping, bodies at risk.

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