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Our goal is to enable ML in every device. We've developed an algorithm that can design the best hardware accelerator for your machine learning model, unlocking 10x better performance per watt-dollar than GPUs and other hardware accelerators. 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Vehicles will be driving more miles and the decreased complexity of electric motors will fundamentally change the automotive service industry. ROBOTIRE will bring manufacturing-level automation to vehicle servicing. \r\n\r\nTires are the perfect vertical to tackle first because they are future-proof (tires are going nowhere) and scale from luxury personal automobiles to freight-centric big-rigs. The current tire changing industry is entrenched with an aging workforce but maintains strong margins. We will build and deploy a robotic tire changing container that can change tires in 10 minutes. \r\n\r\nOur fully-integrated ROBOTIRE containers can be placed inside existing shops, Walmart parking lots or in the middle of a fleet service area hundreds of miles away from a major city. In the medium term, we will expand to brakes, oil, batteries, etc. becoming an uptime assembly line that keeps fleets on the road 24/7 at a fraction of the maintenance cost per mile we see today. 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Our low-cost wearable uses smart resistance bands to guide you through an exciting, effective combat workout at home. 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The grid touches everyone and makes our modern economy possible. But it’s also fragile. When the grid is compromised, everything grinds to a halt, and the consequences can be dire: wildfires burn, land is destroyed, property is damaged, progress stops, and lives are lost. \r\n\r\nOur team builds smart sensors that help utility companies to immediately detect, find, and fix outages and take steps to prevent new outages, and other related disasters, from happening at all. The need for power will only increase. We protect the grid of today while we build the grid of tomorrow. \r\n\r\nGridware is privately held and backed by the best climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. 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One person with our robots does the work of 6 construction workers.", "one_liner": "Building robots to automate commercial concrete construction.", "team_size": 3, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics", "launched_at": 1615830962, "tags": [ "Hard Tech", "Hardware", "Robotics" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2021", "status": "Acquired", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Manufacturing and Robotics" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/roin-technologies", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2021/roin-technologies.json" }, { "id": 22935, "name": "Aurabeat", "slug": "aurabeat", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/fd565a9a2988054f8f92348660341b0fcab0965f.png", "website": "https://www.aurabeattech.com/", "all_locations": "Hong Kong, Hong Kong", "long_description": "We make Air Purifier and filters that is certified to eliminate COVID-19 and most other viruses and bacteria. Our technology is independently lab tested, EPA certified and FDA registered. Our air purifiers are already found in homes, businesses and government facilities around the world to help protect their customers and employees from airborne pathogens.", "one_liner": "Providing clean, safe, virus free air for homes, buildings and cars", "team_size": 12, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Energy", "launched_at": 1694135723, "tags": [ "Hardware", "Energy" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2021", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Energy" ], "regions": [ "Hong Kong", "East Asia" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/aurabeat", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2021/aurabeat.json" }, { "id": 23053, "name": "Tilt", "slug": "tilt-2", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/831d19b9696019cba0a87bff2dc84fcc4d420a5c.png", "website": "https://tilt.bike/", "all_locations": "Bengaluru, KA, India; Remote", "long_description": "You can buy or share our bicycles and e-bikes for health, fitness, and mobility.\r\n\r\nToday, our bikes can be found in hundreds of communities across Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi NCR and Pune.", "one_liner": "Bringing the joy of cycling to millions of Indians", "team_size": 12, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer", "launched_at": 1615214390, "tags": [ "Hardware", "Consumer", "Fitness", "India", "Mobility" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2021", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer" ], "regions": [ "India", "South Asia", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tilt-2", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2021/tilt-2.json" }, { "id": 23306, "name": "GreaseBoss", "slug": "greaseboss", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/974dbcc27ef68ffaf50ffd3b50d273f90acbba19.png", "website": "https://www.greaseboss.com.au", "all_locations": "Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia", "long_description": "Our hardware and software product verifies industrial machines are greased correctly. \r\n\r\nIncorrect greasing is the number one cause for machinery failure and costs $21bn per annum. \r\n", "one_liner": "GreaseBoss verifes industrial machinery is greased correctly", "team_size": 10, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics", "launched_at": 1614003607, "tags": [ "Hardware", "IoT" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2021", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Manufacturing and Robotics" ], "regions": [ "Australia", "Oceania", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/greaseboss", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2021/greaseboss.json" }, { "id": 23597, "name": "Kilobaser", "slug": "kilobaser", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e1ed33a936a43c8aace45a8383365d93d4620730.png", "website": "https://www.kilobaser.com", "all_locations": "Graz, Styria, Austria", "long_description": "We combined microfluidic chip technology and a reagent cartridge to create the first personal DNA synthesizer. Until now most life scientists had to rely on out-sourced DNA synthesis, causing stagnating research. Kilobaser empowers every life scientist to synthesize DNA on their benchtop.", "one_liner": "Desktop DNA Printer. 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Our beachhead application is cervical cancer prevention -- even though cervical cancer is easy to screen for, 80% of clinics worldwide lack the infrastructure and specialized staff to treat at the earliest stages. Our platform technology allows nurses and lower level health workers to treat at the point of care for 1/10 the cost of traditional ablation, and is the only cryo device that will help us achieve the WHO target to eliminate cervical cancer in our lifetime.", "one_liner": "Portable cryoablation to prevent cervical cancer", "team_size": 8, "industry": "Healthcare", "subindustry": "Healthcare -> Medical Devices", "launched_at": 1625509180, "tags": [ "Hardware", "Health Tech", "Medical Devices" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2021", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Healthcare", "Medical Devices" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": true, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ananya-health", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2021/ananya-health.json" }, { "id": 24598, "name": "Ferveret", "slug": "ferveret-inc", "former_names": [ "Ferveret" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/5df9957e26e62bd0ce5370986cca3a22a7822646.png", "website": "http://www.ferveret.com", "all_locations": "San Jose, CA, USA", "long_description": "Ferveret develops liquid cooling solutions inspired by nuclear power plant cooling. We save data centers 96% in cooling costs, 68% on capital costs, and reduce their carbon footprint by 40% while increasing chip performance by 2X. 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First orders shipped October 11, 2025.\r\n\r\nPippa inventor, Carly Price, reimagined the humble pillow for Casper and has 41 patents to her name. Company CEO, Melody Roberts, incubated digital service experiences now scaling globally at McDonald's and Panera. Pippa development has been substantially funded by non-dilutive SBIR grants from NIH, NSF, and State of Illinois, based on stellar product effectiveness data and user feedback like, \"With this, surgery is off the table.\" ", "one_liner": "Pelvic floor fitness made easy", "team_size": 1, "industry": "Healthcare", "subindustry": "Healthcare -> Consumer Health and Wellness", "launched_at": 1628991585, "tags": [ "Hardware", "Consumer Health Services", "Women's Health", "Consumer Products" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2021", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Healthcare", "Consumer Health and Wellness" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/liv-labs-inc", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2021/liv-labs-inc.json" }, { "id": 24926, "name": "Revolve Surgical", "slug": "revolve-surgical", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/3432070f3c596c704428f8721684045f22cb0714.png", "website": "https://revolvesurgical.com/", "all_locations": "Toronto, ON, Canada", "long_description": "Revolve is building the world’s only surgical robot designed for every operating room. 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What once took hours of manual work now takes seconds.\r\n\r\nWhen issues are found, F4 flags them and guides engineers toward resolving the problem.\r\n\r\nAfter analyzing your drawing, F4 also automatically generates design and inspection reports - stack-up tables, FAI reports - ready to share with your team.\r\n\r\nAnd it does all of this locally on-device with no AI used for analysis. 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Powered by fine-tuned Verilog LLMs, reinforcement learning, and real compiler feedback, SigmanticAI iteratively refines code until it compiles and passes synthesis, no matter how complex the design. It’s like the Cursor for HDL design. \r\n\r\nIn addition to code generation, SigmanticAI can generate token-level annotations and onboarding documents to accelerate ramp-up for new engineers. 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The cleaner, the bookkeeper, the lawn service. Nobody could handle what lives in your phone. Until Blue.\r\n\r\nBlue is a small USB-C dongle and iPhone app. Plug it in and say what needs doing. The follow-up you haven't sent, the appointment you haven't booked, the reply you owe. Blue opens the right app, does the work, and tells you when it's done. You don't touch your phone.\r\n\r\nWorks with every app already on your iPhone. \r\n\r\nThe team brings complementary experience at scale: Omar Abdelaziz led Google Assistant’s transition to LLMs and holds one of earliest patents in LLM-based computer control; Peter Krogh spent decades designing voice-first dialog systems and was most recently a design lead at Google DeepMind building actions for Gemini Live; Muhammad Farhan Hossain helped ship Apple Vision Pro, is named on dozens of hardware/systems patents, and has led products from prototype to mass production.\r\n\r\nWe’ve built systems used by billions. 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Plug in Blue, just ask.", "team_size": 6, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer", "launched_at": 1753836546, "tags": [ "Hardware", "Productivity", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2025", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/blue", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2025/blue.json" }, { "id": 30849, "name": "MOVEdot", "slug": "movedot", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/ff366b5cf4ba792d472cf1af716e033566ff24ff.png", "website": "https://www.movedot.ai/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Our agents run hardware engineering tasks that normally take hours or days in just a few minutes, allowing engineers to process 100x more data and information. 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We use smartphone microphones, car park assist sensors and some clever DSP and control to transform 40-gram toy drones into mosquito killers. Because these drones are so cheap and fast, we will lower the cost of mosquito control by 100x which will enable the eradication of mosquitoes from cities, saving more than a million people each year from Malaria, West Nile, Dengue, etc. ", "one_liner": "We build micro-drones that kill mosquitoes. 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AMR sees a learning bottleneck.\r\n\r\nWe are building American-made robotic welding cells that combine computer vision to provide real-time seam tracking and post-weld inspection to turn welding from a scarce manual process into a closed-loop manufacturing system that learns from every weld as it happens.", "one_liner": "Machine intelligence for American Welding", "team_size": 3, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics", "launched_at": 1778801477, "tags": [ "Hardware", "Robotics", "Manufacturing" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Spring 2026", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Manufacturing and Robotics" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/advanced-metal-research", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/spring-2026/advanced-metal-research.json" }, { "id": 31180, "name": "Seeing Systems", "slug": "seeing-systems", "former_names": [ "Seeing Systems Ltd", "Seeing Systems", "Seeing Systems Ltd" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/8d8e226478cb43c163b19e22186c3bab3bdb9668.png", "website": "https://www.seeing-systems.com", "all_locations": "London, United Kingdom", "long_description": "We engineer inexpensive, autonomous strike drones designed to operate in the most contested combat environments on Earth!\r\n\r\nBy combining true hardware modularity with an agentic control system that lowers cognitive load on operators, we enable faster upgrades, broader adoption, and more than 2x reduction in lifecycle cost.\r\n\r\nOur customers and partners include the UK Royal Marine Commandos, several other units in the UK, and 4 other NATO forces, and we are currently shipping prototypes for iterative feedback.\r\n\r\nThink of us as Anduril, but with worse weather, and better banter.", "one_liner": "Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Defense", "launched_at": 1768422348, "tags": [ "Artificial Intelligence", "Hardware", "Drones", "Aerospace" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2026", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Defense" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom", "Europe", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/seeing-systems", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2026/seeing-systems.json" }, { "id": 31219, "name": "Voxel Energy", "slug": "voxel-energy", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/74fcdd0e430ec52b7926e6bf7ffe4e4cbb1b2571.png", "website": "https://voxelenergy.com/", "all_locations": "", "long_description": "The best grid connection is no grid connection. Voxel builds vertically integrated energy generation and storage systems for data centers that bypass utility connection delays. \r\n\r\nBy leveraging the vast supply of second-life EV batteries and our novel DC microgrid architecture, Voxel generates datacenter power on site and drastically reduces system cost and time-to-power.", "one_liner": "Energy independent data centers with solar and repurposed batteries. 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Modern warfare, however, demands wide-area, persistent coverage that is both passive and economically scalable. By utilising a mesh architecture, Arlo Industries unlocks unprecedented asymmetric economics. The network is fundamentally built to scale: the cost of adding sensors grows linearly, but the tracking accuracy increases exponentially, delivering highly resilient, persistent coverage for a fraction of the cost of legacy systems.\r\n\r\nDeo founded Arlo Industries after spending over 6 years in the Israeli defence ecosystem, where he lived through multiple conflicts and experienced the Iron Dome and other systems in action against ICBMs and the infamous Shahed drones. Learning exactly how these defence systems could be improved after a Shahed exploded close to his apartment, he built Arlo Industries around the core philosophy that conflict should be concise & precise.\r\n\r\nThe people behind Arlo1 includes a PhD in drones and autonomy and military experts.\r\n\r\nArlo Industries has actively showcased this technology directly to Ukrainian militaries on the frontlines, as well as to operators across Europe and the USA.", "one_liner": "Track drones and missiles without radars - Accurate, Passive, Scalable", "team_size": 3, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Defense", "launched_at": 1778901342, "tags": [ "Hard Tech", "Hardware", "Defense" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Spring 2026", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Defense" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/arlo-industries", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/spring-2026/arlo-industries.json" }, { "id": 32553, "name": "Nori", "slug": "noril1", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/a12ebb52fea22eaa5a71b4c86fdf6f10ee6ccd5b.png", "website": "http://norirobotics.com", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "We manufacture humanoid robots in San Francisco. 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