Source: ASI Construction Launch with SoftBank
source confidence: Medium status: Useful updated 2026-08-11
Summary
ASI's May 5, 2025 announcement launching ASI Construction with SoftBank Group Corp. The release describes the new unit's planned U.S. autonomous-construction fleet and gives company history and location context.
Useful Claims
- ASI launched ASI Construction, a new business unit, with SoftBank Group Corp. to develop and operate a fleet of autonomous construction vehicles in the U.S. using the Mobius platform.
- ASI was founded in 2000 by engineers commercializing Utah State University technology; its 100-acre proving ground is in northern Utah, with offices identified in the release as Salt Lake City and Dallas/Fort Worth.
- The company describes itself as the worldwide leader in industrial vehicle automation and counts John Deere and CNH among clients; the announcement describes a recent divestiture of ASI Mining to Epiroc but does not state the sale year — per Autonomous Solutions, Inc., Epiroc took full ownership in 2021.
Verbatim
"Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) , the worldwide leader of industrial vehicle automation and developer of the Mobius® autonomous fleet management system, has launched ASI Construction with SoftBank Group Corp." — ASI announcement, opening paragraph
"ASI has been doing construction product development for 25+ years and counts John Deere, CNH, and other world leaders as its customers." — ASI CEO Mel Torrie, quoted in the announcement
"Founded in 2000 by a group of engineers who took technologies developed at Utah State University into the commercial sector, ASI has grown to become one of the largest privately held robotics-focused companies anywhere." — Announcement boilerplate
"Homebase is ASI’s 100-acre proving ground in Northern Utah with offices in Salt Lake City, Utah and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas." — Announcement boilerplate
Reliability Notes
Company press release: reliable for the launch, the company's account of its history, and its stated customers and locations. It does not establish a Lehi office, headcount, revenue, SoftBank's exact stake, or SoftBank's governance role; those require separate source records.