Oct. 14, 2026, Toronto — Promise Robotics, the Toronto-based company bringing physical AI to homebuilding, has announced a multi-year commercial agreement with D.R. Horton, America’s largest homebuilder by volume. Through the agreement, D.R. Horton will access Promise Robotics’ Factory-as-a-Service (FaaS) capabilities to support the production of over 1,250 homes, becoming the first major U.S. homebuilder to utilize the company’s production platform as Promise expands its U.S. manufacturing network. FaaS gives a broad range of homebuilders across geographies access to an integrated production platform that takes existing home designs and translates them into a coordinated production process spanning robotic manufacturing, factory operations and onsite installation. Through FaaS, builders can access automated production capacity without developing and operating their own factories, helping them improve cycle times, increase capacity and scale more predictably across communities and markets. “Homebuilding has long lacked the production infrastructure needed to scale with the speed, predictability, and efficiency of modern manufacturing. Physical AI changes that by creating a new production model that can expand capacity within and across markets,” said Ramtin Attar, chief executive officer and co-founder of Promise Robotics, in a press statement. “Our goal is to make that capability accessible to builders across North America and support the industry’s long-term growth.” The U.S. market reportedly represents the largest opportunity to apply Promise Robotics’ model at scale. As homebuilders navigate persistent housing demand, labour shortages, rising costs and pressure to increase output, they are searching for more repeatable and scalable ways to expand production.