Gecko Robotics YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Gecko Robotics went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 230
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Jake LoosararianFounder/CEO
Troy DemmerFounder/COO

What Gecko Robotics does

Gecko Robotics is the pioneer of AI + Robotics [AIR technology], transforming how the world builds, operates, and maintains its most critical infrastructure for a more reliable and sustainable future. Using fixed sensors and robots that climb, crawl, swim, and fly, we combine first-order data layers with the predictive power of AI into a single source of truth for the physical world. Cantilever™ is our operating platform, powered by AIR technology, that empowers teams to achieve operational excellence through actionable data for immediate and long-term planning.

Gecko Robotics's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Gecko Robotics, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gecko Robotics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI + Robotics for the Built World

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

We build inspection robots and fixed sensor systems that climb, crawl, swim, and fly to collect data on critical infrastructure. Our Cantilever™ platform analyzes this data using AI to help operators predict failures and plan maintenance for industrial facilities.

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

We live in Pittsburgh, PA, and Austin, TX. Post-YC we would remain based in those cities as our engineering and client teams are already established there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Pittsburgh and Austin have strong engineering talent and strategic proximity to heavy industry clients we serve. Staying in these locations keeps us close to both technical resources and customers.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gecko Robotics YC application?

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