Centimeter‑level RTK network funds

GPS usually tells a robot or drone where it is within a few meters. Real-time kinematic, or RTK, adds correction data from fixed ground stations to tighten that estimate to the centimeter level. (trimble.com) (eos-gnss.com) GEODNET said it raised $8 million to expand that kind of correction network for robotics, drones and artificial intelligence applications. The company announced the round on July 16, 2025. (prnewswire.com) The company said the financing was led by Multicoin Capital and ParaFi, with participation from Pantera Capital, Borderless Capital, IoTeX, North Island Ventures and others. GEODNET said the money will be used to scale coverage and product development. (prnewswire.com) GEODNET said its network had reached about 14,000 reference stations across more than 130 countries at the time of the announcement. Those stations feed correction data that can bring positioning accuracy down to the centimeter outdoors. (prnewswire.com) (geodnet.com) That matters because many autonomous systems can tolerate rough positioning indoors, where cameras and lidar do most of the work, but struggle outside when satellite error drifts by several meters. RTK is one way to reduce that drift before the robot even starts interpreting the world around it. (trimble.com) (septentrio.com) GEODNET said it plans to work with robotics partners including Unitree to bring precise positioning into factory and outdoor robot operations. Unitree sells quadruped and humanoid robots, including the Go2 robot dog and G1 humanoid. (prnewswire.com) (unitree.com) The network is built differently from traditional surveying infrastructure. GEODNET says individuals and businesses host rooftop base stations and are rewarded through the project’s token system for contributing usable correction data. (geodnet.com) (docs.geodnet.com) That model has drawn crypto investors because it turns a capital-heavy physical network into something closer to a crowdsourced utility. It also means GEODNET has to prove the network is reliable enough for commercial robotics customers, not just token holders. (prnewswire.com) (docs.geodnet.com) The company’s pitch is simple: if robots, drones and mapping systems can buy centimeter-grade positioning as a service, they may need less onboard computation to figure out where they are outdoors. The test now is whether GEODNET can turn a fast-growing station count into dependable coverage where fleets actually operate. (prnewswire.com) (septentrio.com)