Robby Technologies YC Application

Summer 2016Inactive

Robby Technologies went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2016
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 11
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Rui LiFounder/CEO
Dheera VenkatramanFounder/CTO

What Robby Technologies does

Robby Technologies is building self-driving robots for last-mile delivery of food, groceries and packages. It was founded by two MIT PhDs in computer vision and robotics, selected into Y Combinator program in summer 2016, and featured by TechCrunch as one of the top startups. With the mission to make delivery affordable and convenient for everyone, Robby Technologies has partnered with major US delivery companies for pilot deliveries in the Bay Area since 2016.

Robby Technologies's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Robby Technologies, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Robby Technologies

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Autonomous mobile robots for local delivery

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

We are building a fleet of self-driving robots that make last-mile deliveries of food, groceries, and packages. Our robots navigate sidewalks and urban environments to bring items directly to customers, partnering with delivery companies to run pilot programs in the Bay Area.

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

We currently live in Palo Alto, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto puts us close to our early delivery partners and top robotics talent, making it the natural base for developing and testing our robots in real urban environments.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Robby Technologies YC application?

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