Asimov YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Asimov went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch as a Industrials company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2026
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Anshul VermaFounder
Lyem NingthouFounder

What Asimov does

Asimov collects real-world human movement data from households and businesses to train humanoid robots. Unlike factory datasets that capture the same tasks in the same environments, we deliver the full diversity of real human environments, thousands of hours a day to leading labs.

Asimov's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Asimov, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Asimov

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Real-world human movement data for humanoid robots

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We collect and deliver large-scale, real-world human movement data from homes and businesses to labs training humanoid robots. Unlike factory datasets, ours captures the wide diversity of real human environments and everyday tasks. This data helps robots learn to move and operate in unpredictable, human spaces.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco and remote. The company will remain based in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco lets us stay close to robotics labs and AI researchers who use our data. Our team is distributed but roots in SF make it easier to grow partnerships and recruit.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Asimov YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Asimov's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Asimov would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.