# One brick at a time: How Monumental uses robotics to build walls

> Source: <https://www.therobotreport.com/one-brick-at-a-time-how-monumental-uses-robotics-to-build-walls/>
> Published: 2026-09-11 21:09:01+00:00

In Episode 261 of *The Robot Report* Podcast, we learn about “Walls as a Service” and the emerging construction opportunity for robotics and automation.

Our guest is [Salar al Khafaji](https://www.linkedin.com/in/salark/), founder and CEO of Monumental. A recognized leader at the intersection of AI, robotics, and the built environment, he is focused on bringing scalable automation to [construction](https://www.therobotreport.com/tag/construction), one of the world’s largest and least digitized industries, by making it software-defined and hardware-enabled.

Previously, al Kafaji co-founded the data visualization platform Silk, which Palantir Technologies acquired in 2016.

Be sure to catch our [prior coverage this week](https://www.therobotreport.com/what-bricklaying-has-taught-monumental-about-robots-construction/) of Monumental.

## Show timeline

- 7:05 – News of the week
- 28:20- Salar al Khafaji, founder and CEO of [Monumental](https://www.monumental.co)

## News of the week

- [Agility Robotics reports $1.8M revenue ahead of humanoid SPAC](https://www.therobotreport.com/agility-robotics-reports-18m-revenue-ahead-of-humanoid-spac/)
- [Figure and Nscale sign strategic partnership for up to 100,000 GPUs on the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform](https://www.figure.ai/news/figure-and-nscale-sign-strategic-partnership)
- [Boston Dynamics veteran launches Dynamic Creatures to bring characters to life with robotics](https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-veterans-launch-dynamic-creatures-to-bring-characters-to-life-with-robotics/)

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