Growing up around construction
Ready-Campbell grew up in rural Vermont, where his father was a contractor and carpenter. He spent high school summers working for him, scraping, painting, roofing, and running wires.1,2
Penn, Google, and Twice
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology in 2010. His first job was at Google, and he later started the e-commerce company Twice, which eBay bought in 2015.2,1
Penn's M&T program named him its 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and Barer Keynote Speaker.2
The pressure is on to build out the grid at a pace we've never seen before.Business Insider, July 2026
Built Robotics
He founded Built in 2016 to make new tools that help people build more efficiently. The company now focuses on autonomous solar construction, including work on a solar site tied to Meta's Hyperion data center.3,4
He has said the pressure is on to build out the grid at a pace never seen before, and that scarce workers should move from dangerous, repetitive work to managing fleets of robots.4
Links
Sources
- Noah Ready-Campbell, The future of construction, Built Robotics on Medium, accessed November 4, 2026
- Wharton, Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, Noah Ready-Campbell, Class of 2010, accessed November 4, 2026
- Built Robotics, Company, accessed November 4, 2026
- Business Insider, Autonomous construction bots are building the solar infrastructure behind Meta's Hyperion data center, July 2026, accessed November 4, 2026
Photo: Built Robotics, Company.
