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Y Combinator (YC)

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionRobotics

Y Combinator funds early-stage startups through a three-month accelerator in San Francisco, with four batches a year and a standard $500,000 investment for accepted companies.

The investment consists of $125,000 for 7% of the company and $375,000 on an uncapped SAFE with a most-favoured-nation provision. The second SAFE adds to YC’s ownership when it converts, so the full $500,000 is not exchanged for a fixed 7% stake.

During the batch, founders work with YC partners in individual and group office hours, build toward Demo Day and use the alumni community for feedback, hiring and introductions. Companies can apply before launch; YC also accepts businesses that already have users and revenue.

Sources
Rounds participated in
7
Confirmed lead rounds
0
3 roles undisclosed
New companies
7
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$139.5M
5 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A2
Undisclosed2
Pre-seed1
Seed1
Series B1

By primary sector

Robotics4
Defense tech2
Industrial tech1

By country

United States6
France1

Rounds

7 in this selection
HyLight

HyLight operates autonomous airships and inspection software that help energy and transport operators locate defects across their infrastructure.

€13MFunding round
Participant
Robocurve

Independent benchmarks that test how well AI models control real robots.

$10MSeed
Participant
MorphoAI

Foundation models for understanding, designing and controlling hardware and physical systems.

UndisclosedPre-Seed
Participant
Andromeda Surgical

Andromeda Surgical develops autonomous surgical robots combining anatomical mapping and surgeon oversight, initially for prostate enucleation.

$15MSeries A
Participant
Singularity

Building a safer world by deploying low-cost air defense systems at scale

$80MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Lucid Bots

Lucid Bots develops autonomous exterior-cleaning robots and software for professional cleaning businesses.

$20MSeries B
Role not disclosed