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Company research · 7 profiles

Hard-tech and physical-world products

A physical-world collection for drones, robotics, aerospace, fleet, materials, and industrial hardware.

Ali Abouelatta

Cofounder of Lazyweb (a16z Speedrun). Previously grew subscriptions and built native ads at Duolingo. Writes First1000 (90,000+ subscribers).

Published 2026-09-19 · Updated 2026-09-19

Curo

Electric fleets park and charge anywhere with Curo

Industrials / Automotive Y Combinator Fall 2024

SKN Systems

Real-world wind tunnel data.

Hardware / Motorsports LAUNCH Accelerator LA36

Arctus Aerospace

High-altitude drones for earth observation

Aerospace / Earth Observation South Park Commons

Wardstone

The Modular Interceptor Platform

Industrials / Aviation and Space Y Combinator Fall 2025

Tornyol

An early-stage robotics bet on small autonomous drones for a tightly defined mosquito-control problem.

Consumer · Consumer Electronics Y Combinator Fall 2025

Vassar Robotics

A robotics hardware company arguing that removing gearboxes can improve the consistency of robot-learning data.

Consumer · Consumer Electronics Y Combinator Spring 2025

Loombotic

Loombotic automates quoting and production for custom wire harnesses, from one-off prototypes to high-volume runs.

Industrials; Manufacturing and Robotics Y Combinator Fall 2024

How this collection was assembled

Curated researched sample from the 2026-09-19 company inventory; not the full accelerator roster. Membership follows the stated source fields and public descriptions. Where SPC appears, company-directory association is not a Fellowship cohort; where LAUNCH appears, categories are editorial unless the provider exposes them.

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