Promise Robotics, Mattamy Homes partner to scale AI-powered homebuilding in Canadian heartland

Promise Robotics, a Canadian AI and robotics technology company, has partnered with Mattamy Homes’ Alberta Division in a multi-year agreement to automate homebuilding using AI-powered industrial robots. The collaboration aims to address Canada’s housing crisis by scaling construction capacity through Promise’s Factory-as-a-Service™ platform, which the company describes as “push-button” home manufacturing.

What you should know: Promise Robotics uses off-the-shelf industrial robots to manage the entire production lifecycle for residential construction.

• The technology will support Mattamy Homes in delivering single-family, semi-detached and multi-family residences across two master-planned communities in Alberta.
• Promise’s Calgary facility is staffed by local workers and supported by local supply chains and AI systems.

Why this matters: Canada faces mounting pressure to double its homebuilding pace by 2035 to address the national housing shortage and affordability crisis.

• Traditional construction methods are proving insufficient to meet the government’s ambitious housing targets.
• Labor constraints in the construction industry are creating additional bottlenecks that automation could help resolve.

The big picture: This partnership represents a significant test case for AI-driven construction automation in addressing large-scale housing challenges.

• “With Canada’s housing crisis too big to solve through traditional methods paired with the government’s promise to double the pace of homebuilding in Canada by 2035, Promise provides the solution to solving the gap in scaling housing across the country,” the company explains.
• The initiative combines industrial robotics with local workforce integration, potentially creating a scalable model for other regions facing similar housing pressures.