Factory Robotics & Automation
Hot2.5% of YC companies (+0.60pp)
Companies
152
Survival Rate
86.8%
Hiring Rate
28.3%
Recent Pivots
30
Factory Robotics & Automation — Share of YC companies over time
Pivots into Factory Robotics & Automation
Companies that pivoted into this category
Saldor
S242 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Saving States from SNAP Payment Errors
Software Factories
DeepAware AI
S252 people · Active
Help AI data centers unlock more compute and become more efficient
Robots, parts & RL environments - delivered in 72 hrs or pickup in SF.
Amika
F252 people · Active
Uber for AI trainers and human-in-the-loop supervisors
Infra to build your own software factory
Vision Lab
Sp258 people · Active
Closing the Frontline Skills Gap with AI
Factory knowledge for robotics training
Normal
S252 people · Active
Modern compliance for drones, robots, IoT, and beyond
Deploying and integrating useful robots
Pivots out of Factory Robotics & Automation
Companies that pivoted away from this category
Remy AI
W262 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Computer vision for smarter & safer warehouses
Documenting human dexterity
NanoCorp
W241 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Give brains to robots
Autonomous Companies Run by AI Working While You Sleep.
Nerviom
F251 people · Active
Carbon Fiber Manufacturing at the Speed of Software
AI Autopilot for Infrastructure Permitting
General Trajectory
W251 people · Active
Reasoning models for robotics
AI for the physical world
HABIT
Sp25people · Active
Reshaping neighborhood services with robotics.
Conversational robots for physical businesses.
Pivots within Factory Robotics & Automation
Companies that changed direction but stayed in this category
Remy AI
W262 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
Automating dexterous tasks in e-commerce warehouses
Computer vision for smarter & safer warehouses
Poka Labs
S243 people · Active
The modern operating system for chemical manufacturing.
The modern operating system for chemical manufacturing.
Philon
F25people · Active
Data for robot foundational models
General Purpose Robots
Tuesday Lab
W241 people · Active
Rescuing robots
Delightful robots
Yondu
W243 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Grocery Store Automation with Intelligent Robotics
Robots to Automate Fulfillment
Companies (152)
DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley)
Robots, parts & RL envs & evals - delivered in 48 hrs / pickup in SF.