Cosmic Robotics YC Application
San Francisco
Cosmic Robotics went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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
- Summer 2026
- Industry
- Industrials
- Location
- San Francisco
- Team size
- 8
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2026
Founders
James EmerickFounder/CEO
Lewis JonesFounder/CTO
What Cosmic Robotics does
Our mission is to build a city on Mars. Cosmic-1, the first equipment in our fleet, is an autonomous robot capable of heavy-lift manipulation. Its been deployed on some of the largest solar farms in the US, more than doubling labor productivity across tens of thousands of panel installs. We're scaling in solar, expanding in data centers, and building lunar construction robotics under contract with NASA.
Cosmic Robotics's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Cosmic Robotics, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Cosmic Robotics
Autonomous construction on Earth and beyond
We build autonomous robotics for construction in challenging environments. Our product, Cosmic-1, is a heavy-lift manipulation robot. It is designed to handle large, repetitive construction tasks like solar panel installation, where it's already been used on some of the biggest solar farms in the US. We are also developing robotics for data center construction and building out lunar construction systems for NASA.
San Francisco, CA, USA. We will stay based here after YC.
San Francisco is the hub for robotics, aerospace, and hard tech talent. We need proximity to customers and partners in both construction and aerospace.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Cosmic Robotics YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Cosmic Robotics's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Cosmic Robotics would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Cosmic Robotics in?
Cosmic Robotics was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.
Who founded Cosmic Robotics?
Cosmic Robotics was founded by James Emerick, Lewis Jones.
What does Cosmic Robotics do?
Autonomous construction on Earth and beyond
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
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