Aseon Labs announced it has raised $10 million in seed funding to accelerate the deployment of its decentralized network of robotic micro-depots for autonomous vehicle fleets. The round was led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation from Y Combinator, Expa, Robin Hood Ventures, and Founders Capital. The round also included investments from Adrian Aoun, Immad Akhund, Rajat Suri, and operators and founding team members from Anthropic, Nuro, Turo, Revolut, and other companies across mobility, AI, and infrastructure. Aseon is building a distributed network of robotic pit stops designed to help autonomous vehicles charge, clean, inspect, and reset within their operating zones. The company said this approach can reduce fleet downtime, improve utilization, and help vehicles return to revenue-generating service faster. The company is addressing one of the key infrastructure bottlenecks facing autonomous vehicle fleets. Traditional centralized depots can take one to two years to secure, permit, and build, often requiring high-voltage electrical infrastructure and extensive site development. Aseon said its robotic micro-depots can be deployed in as little as one to two days. By placing servicing infrastructure closer to where vehicles operate, Aseon’s network is designed to help fleets launch in new markets more quickly, expand existing operating zones, and serve areas where large centralized depots may be impractical or unavailable. Aseon was founded by the team behind Pushme, a battery-swapping infrastructure network that expanded to more than 5,000 locations across 40 markets and was acquired by Tier Mobility. Aseon is applying that experience in infrastructure deployment, site acquisition, and network operations to autonomous transportation. The company said that while significant capital has gone into making vehicles autonomous, keeping those fleets operating efficiently remains an unresolved challenge. Citing public California operating data referenced by the San Francisco Chronicle, Aseon noted that about 45% of Waymo’s miles are driven without a