Phoenix Boring Inc.
Proprietary multi-platform boring equipment for trenchless utility tunneling
- Sector
- UNCERTAIN
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Founded
- 2024
- Latest Form D
- $4.6M, Feb 2026
- Total capital
- $4.6M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $4.6M
- 1 Form D · last Feb 2026
- 8 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 4
- 14 pending · first 2025
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$4.6M
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Standing in UNCERTAIN · 47 companies
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Roberto ZillanteResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 1 patent
- Romi KadriDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 18- GrantedHybrid Tunnel Boring Using Combination of Thermal and Mechanical ProcessesUSPTOUS 12,680,450
- GrantedMethods And Systems For Adaptive Non-contact / Contact BoringUSPTOUS 12,612,824
- PendingRobotic Excavation PlatformUSPTOApplication 19254200
Show all 18 patent records
- Hybrid Tunnel Boring Using Combination of Thermal and Mechanical ProcessesJul 14, 2026 · US 12,680,450Granted
- Methods And Systems For Adaptive Non-contact / Contact BoringApr 28, 2026 · US 12,612,824Granted
- Robotic Excavation PlatformOct 23, 2025 · Application 19254200Pending
- Mass Flow For Non-Contact BoringOct 16, 2025 · Application 19252905Pending
- Multi-Tool Boring Systems and Methods of Operating Such SystemsOct 9, 2025 · Application 19244599Pending
- Multi-Tool Boring Systems and Methods of Operating Such SystemsJul 15, 2025 · US 12,359,512Granted
- Systems And Methods For Non-Contact BoringFeb 27, 2025 · Application 18941408Pending
- Systems And Methods For Non-contact BoringJan 14, 2025 · US 12,196,082Granted
- Hybrid Tunnel Boring Using Combination of Thermal and Mechanical ProcessesApplication 63656938Pending
- Mass Flow For Non-contact BoringApplication PCTUS2023086430Pending
- Robotic Excavation PlatformApplication PCTUS2023086399Pending
- Methods And Systems For Non-contact Boring Of Tunnels, Shafts, And TrenchesApplication PCTUS2024055736Pending
- Jet Impingement Methods And Systems For Tunnel BoringApplication 63598715Pending
- Systems And Methods For Adaptive Non-contact Boring Of TunnelsApplication 63598721Pending
- Systems And Methods For Vertical Non-contact BoringApplication 63598727Pending
- Systems And Methods For Non-contact TrenchingApplication 63598725Pending
- Multi-tool Boring Systems And Methods Of Operating Such SystemsApplication PCTUS2023073581Pending
- Hybrid Tunnel Boring Using Combination Of Thermal And Mechanical ProcessesApplication PCTUS2025032698Pending
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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