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Premier US startup accelerator providing $500k seed funding plus mentorship in batches four times annually; has backed hundreds of robotics and deep-tech companies since 2005.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, US
Portfolio55 companies
Cited round volume$422M
Cited rounds62
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Physical AI portfolio

Round-by-round participation

OS3Robot maker · early · corporate
2026-06-01Seed · Lead$500KSource
SynphonyRobot maker · early · corporate
2026-04-01Seed · Lead$500KSource
Servo7Robot maker · registered · corporate
2026-01-01Seed$500KSource
VoltairRobot maker · registered · corporate
2026-01-01Seed$500KSource
OctaPulseRobot maker · registered · corporate
2026-01-01Seed · Lead$500KSource
TornyolRobot maker · early · corporate
2025-10-01Seed (YC F25) · Lead$4MSource
TensrRobot maker · early · corporate
2025-10-01Seed · LeadNot disclosedSource
PhilonRobot maker · early · corporate
2025-10-01Seed · LeadNot disclosedSource
RellingRobot maker · early · defense
2025-07-01Seed · LeadNot disclosedSource
AlmondRobot maker · early · corporate
2025-04-01Seed · Lead$500KSource
Mbodi AIRobot maker · early · corporate
2025-01-01Pre-seed · LeadNot disclosedSource
PykaRobot maker · registered · corporate
2024-09-23Series B$40MSource
2019-12-24Seed$11MSource
UltraRobot maker · registered · corporate
2024-08-01Seed$4MSource
InnateRobot maker · early · consumer
2022-01-01Pre-seed · LeadNot disclosedSource
HABITRobot maker · early · corporate
2022-01-01Pre-seed · LeadNot disclosedSource
TeleoRobot maker · registered · corporate
2020-03-18SeedNot disclosedSource
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Source ledger

61 unique public sources

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Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raiseTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Robotaxis drive miles just to get cleaned and charged; this new startup wants to fix thatTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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OS3: Intelligence and Machines for Physical Labor: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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InLoop Robotics: Robotic arms that pick and pack your orders (YC P26)Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Ornadyne: We're building robot birds for surveillance.Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Synphony: robots & software for farms: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Robot cowboys: GrazeMate bets on fully autonomous cattle mustering dronesAgFunder News · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Servo7: Warehouse robots for container unloading (YC W26)Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Voltair – Autonomous Drones for Earth ObservationY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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OctaPulse: CV and robotics to automate quality inspection in fish farms: YC W26Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Morphle Labs Secures $5 Mn Series A Funding to Advance Automated Cancer DiagnosticseHealth Magazine · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Tornyol: We build micro-drones that kill mosquitoes. | Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Tensr: Fully autonomous robotic factoriesY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Philon: General Purpose RobotsY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Null Labs: End-to-end Simulation for Defense AutonomyY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Galway AI start-up Forge Robotics joins Y CombinatorSilicon Republic · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Boost Robotics: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Relling: deploying the first billion robots for manufacturingY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Gecko Reaches Unicorn StatusGecko Robotics · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Y-Combinator Alum, Gecko Robotics Raises $40 Million Series B Round Led by Drive CapitalPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Azalea Robotics Seed Round AnnouncementAzalea Robotics · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Tens of Millions of Dollars Bet on Industrial Embodied Intelligence (IndustrialNext Series A)36Kr · retrieved 2026-07-05
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IndustrialNext: How This Company Is Driving Autonomous Manufacturing For Every AutomakerPulse 2.0 · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Theseus secures $4.3M to help Military Drones navigate without GPSFoundersToday · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Cosmic Robotics' robots could speed up solar panel deployments for data centersTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Pave Robotics Secures $5M Seed Funding to Revolutionize Road Repairs with RoboticsSignalBase · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Launch YC: Axol: A dual-arm robot built for AIY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Red Barn Robotics: AngelsRoundAngelsRound · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Revise Robotics Secures $3.5M Seed Round to Revolutionize Electronics RefurbishmentSignalbase · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Revise Robotics: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Y Combinator grad Spaceium raises oversubscribed $6.3M for space re-fuelingTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Reshape Raises $20M Series A for Lab AutomationReshape Biotech · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Mbodi AI: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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YC-backed Four Growers builds robots to help solve greenhouse labor shortagesTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Four Growers: Y Combinator (S18 batch, first investment)Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Pyka Secures $40M Series B to Advance Commercialization of Dual-use Autonomous Electric AircraftPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed roundTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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AutoPallet Robotics YC S24Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Weave Robotics: Personal robots for the home--that ship in 2025Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Ultra: Practical, general-purpose robots for repetitive industrial tasks (YC S24)Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Dental AI startup raises $30 million, including from Mark Zuckerberg's dadSTAT News · retrieved 2026-07-05
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YC-backed AI startup Pivot Robots raises funding from NuVenturesBusiness Standard · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Lucid Bots Inc. Raises $9M Series A to Scale Productive Robotics SolutionsPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window-washing dronesTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Shinkei Announces $6 Million in Seed Funding for Sustainable Robotic Fish HarvestingPR Newswire (company release) · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Tekton Dynamics: AI control layer for welding robots | Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Meet The Ex-NASA Engineer Training Robots To Make Pre-Roll Joints (raised $3.5M seed end of 2019 out of YC W19 Demo Day)Forbes · retrieved 2026-07-05
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BotBuilt wants to lower the cost of homebuilding with robotsTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Orangewood wants to build a cheap, programmable robotic arm for manufacturingTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Corvus Robotics Venture Capital Funding – 06/16/2022 Capital RaiseGaebler.com · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Piggy Robotics: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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General Trajectory: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Innate: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Salem Robotics: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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HABIT: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Polymath Robotics: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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The Robot Learning Company: Y CombinatorY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Aerones abandons industrial drones to focus on ground-based robotics as it raises $1.6MTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Teleo Secures $12 Million Series A: confirms Trucks Venture Capital led prior Seed round (YC W20)PR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Yet another AI robotics firm lands major funding, as Dexterity closes latest roundTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Yummy Future: We build robotic workforces for the food & beverage industryY Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05