Mbodi AI YC Application

Spring 2025Active

Mbodi AI went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2025 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: Spring 2025
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Xavier (Tianhao) ChiFounder
Sebastian PeraltaFounder

What Mbodi AI does

Teach robots new skills through natural language and run reliably in production in minutes. Mbodi combines generative AI and agent orchestration, turning everyday language and quick demos into precise, reliable robot actions for industrial automation.

Mbodi AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Mbodi AI, Spring 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Mbodi AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Industrial Robots that Learn and Operate Like Humans

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

We build industrial robots that learn new skills through natural language and demos. Our product uses generative AI and agent orchestration to translate everyday instructions into precise, reliable robot actions. It lets factory operators teach robots quickly and run them in production within minutes.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose New York because that's where we are and where our engineering and early users are. It's central to several manufacturing hubs and has the talent to build industrial robotics software.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Mbodi AI YC application?

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