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YC Manufacturing and Robotics companies

168 Y Combinator companies in Manufacturing and Robotics, with team size, growth, open roles and funding.

Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
24 roles
OverviewW19
  1. 2Charge Robotics15
  2. 3Gecko Robotics11
See all 19
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+579%
Human ArchiveW26
  1. 2Linewise+331%
  2. 3Nox Metals+218%
See all 36
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−40%
SRTXW18
  1. 2Gecko Robotics−5%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$125M
Gecko RoboticsW16
  1. 2Multiply Labs$75M
  2. 3Ultra$50M
See all 20
Companies
168
Active
145
Hiring, last 60 days
19
Open roles, 60 days
95
People on these teams
2,492
Showing 50 of 168 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
AI + Robotics for the Built World
W16318+2%−5%11$347MUndisclosed round$125M, Aug 2026
Quantum coherent supercomputing.
S14Public204+6%+19%0$883MGrant$100M, May 2026
Physical AI data lab
W2695+579% 3$8.7MSeed$8.2M, May 2026
Reshaping industrial quality with AI, hardware, and software
W1991+30%+63%24$13.3MSeries A$10M, Feb 2022
We build robots for dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs.
S1990+8%+8%1$36.4MSeries B$20M, Mar 2026
Additive Manufacturing with advanced materials
W1785 +10%1$14.3MUndisclosed round$11.5M, Jan 2026
Robotic production capacity for the pharma manufacturing industry
S1676+7%+31%10$97.7MSeries B$75M, Oct 2026
We Mine Asteroids
W2272−4%+11%YC$55.8MUndisclosed round$216K, Oct 2025
On-Demand Electronics Manufacturing
W1266+14%+32%8$46.4MSeries A$28M, May 2026
Software orchestrated mass production of plastics
W2164+16%+49%2$45.3MSeries A$25M, Jun 2025
Powering a better future for textiles.
W1864−4%−40%0$191MUndisclosed round$40M, Mar 2025
Supervised Autonomous Heavy Equipment
W20Acquired62+11%+5%0$28.2MSeries A$7M, Nov 2024
Physical AI for Warehouses and Factories
W2160−2%+9%0$6MSeed$6M, May 2024
Industrial data layer for physical RSI
X2556+331% 0$7.6MSeed$6M, Jun 2026
Bathroom cleaning robots for office buildings.
W2052+27%+33%0$21MUndisclosed round$13.7M, Feb 2025
Orangewood builds amazing robots that people want.
W1845−4%+2%YC$5.6MUndisclosed round$1.5M, Aug 2023
Practical, general-purpose robots for repetitive industrial tasks
S2438+100%+192%YC$62MSeries A$50M, Oct 2026
General Autonomy for Industrial Vehicles
S2236+16%+80%YCUndisclosed roundFeb 2024
Supplying America's Industrial Base
S2535+218%+600%YC$16.8MSeed$11.5M, Jun 2026
Nanotechnology-enabled coatings for automotive and defence sectors
S1433+6%+32%0$7.9MGrant$4.3M, Jan 2026
Robots that build solar farms
S2131+15%+24%15$17MUndisclosed round$17M, Aug 2024
AI-native Robotics
S2027+29%+35%YCCorporate roundAug 2026
Practical and delightful home robots
S2420+25%+67%6$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2024
Large-scale real-world robot & human data for embodied AI
F2519+111%+138%0$6MSeed$6M, Dec 2025
Software Enabled CNC Parts Supplier
W2517+6%+113%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2025
Making humanoids dexterous enough to thread a needle
W2517+42%+31%YC$11MSeed$11M, Jun 2026
Robots to Automate Fulfillment
W2417−6%+13%3$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2024
Metal manufacturing, faster, cheaper, and more versatile.
S2616+167% 0
robots & software for farms
X2616+78% 0$500KYC investment$500K, May 2026
IndustrialNext builds the AI brain for manufacturing -…
W2216+45%+45%0$12MUndisclosed round$12M, Jan 2026
GreaseBoss verifes industrial machinery is greased correctly
W2116+7% 0$1MSeed$1M, Mar 2021
The spot market for semiconductors
S2015+25%+36%0$3.8MSeed$3M, Dec 2025
Shone makes existing cargo ships autonomous through retrofit.
W18Inactive15+7%+7%0$4.2MSeed$4M, Jun 2018
Building robotic mushroom farms
S2214 +8%0$12.8MUndisclosed round$12.8M, Aug 2024
Automatic circuit board design.
S18140%−12%YC$12MSeries A$12M, Sep 2022
Industrial Robots that Learn and Operate Like Humans
X2513+8%+8%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Jun 2025
Wire Harnesses in as little as 7 days
F2413+44% 1
Custom Parts, Manufactured in America 🇺🇸
S2412+50%+140%1$500KYC investment$500K, Jul 2025
Makes guilt-free plastics from food waste
W2012−8%+9%0$15.1MGrant$150K, Jun 2023
Octopart is a search engine for electronic components
W07Acquired120%−8%0$375KSeed$360K, May 2008
AI models that teach robots new skills in hours
S2511+83% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2025
Reshoring critical metal production
S2511+38% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2025
AI-powered robotics for scientific lab automation.
X2511 +22%0SeedJun 2025
Physical businesses that run themselves
F2510+100% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Dec 2025
Robots with soul
F2510+100% YC$1.2MSeed$653K, Feb 2026
Manufacturing the most powerful chips, 15x faster
W2510+25%+25%0$500KYC investment$500K, Jan 2026
Automating airport baggage handling with robots.
S2410+43%+67%YC$4MSeed$3.5M, Apr 2025
AI for Robot Arms in Factories
W2410+11%+25%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Jul 2024
The Fastest Scientific Computing Platform on the Planet
S1910+11% YC$150KSeries A$150K, Mar 2022
Human Intelligence for Robots
X269  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Jun 2026

How this works

1. The roster

Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.

2. The numbers

Each company is matched to Crustdata by its website. Crustdata adds team size and its change over 6 and 12 months, open roles from job postings, reported funding, and founders' past employers.

3. The lists

Hiring the most counts distinct roles posted in the last 60 days. Growth needs 10+ people today, shrinking 20+ a year ago, so tiny teams do not top the lists. Rebuilt every week.

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The numbers on this page come from three Crustdata API calls. Crustdata tags 5,000+ companies with Y Combinator as an investor; swap the filter for any investor, industry or headcount range and track your own list, with founders' work emails one call away.

  • Company search for team size, growth and funding
  • Job search with a count by company, for who is hiring and for what
  • A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed
# 1. every company with Y Combinator as an investor
curl https://api.crustdata.com/company/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "field": "funding.investors",
                 "type": "in", "value": ["Y Combinator"] },
    "fields": ["basic_info.name",
      "headcount.total", "headcount.growth_percent",
      "funding.total_investment_usd"],
    "limit": 100
  }'

# 2. open listings per company, last 60 days (limit 0 = counts only)
curl https://api.crustdata.com/job/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
  "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
    { "field": "company.basic_info.company_id",
      "type": "in", "value": [...] },
    { "field": "metadata.date_added",
      "type": "=>", "value": "2026-08-24" } ]},
  "limit": 0,
  "aggregations": [{ "type": "group_by",
    "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "agg": "count" }]
}'

# 3. the same company filter as a weekly watch: POST /watch/company/search

Questions about YC Manufacturing and Robotics companies

How many YC Manufacturing and Robotics companies are there?

168 Y Combinator companies are in Manufacturing and Robotics; 145 are active.

Which YC Manufacturing and Robotics companies are hiring?

19 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Overview (24 roles), Charge Robotics (15 roles) and Gecko Robotics (11 roles). 55 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which YC Manufacturing and Robotics companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Human Archive (+579%), Linewise (+331%) and Nox Metals (+218%).

Which YC Manufacturing and Robotics companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Gecko Robotics ($125M), Multiply Labs ($75M) and Ultra ($50M).

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