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Aktoria Robotics launch: what they're building and where to launch next

What they're building

Human as API for robots

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
Industrials
Team size
6
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

aktoria.com ↗

See their funding details ↗

Aktoria Robotics on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Operate any robot, anywhere in the world. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Low-latency teleoperation software, a 24/7 Robot Operations Center of trained human operators in the US, Mexico and India, and real-robot training data." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Jaskaran Singh Walia, Founder: Ex - Researcher @ (Microsoft, MIT, CMU, Cambridge, NUS) (source)
  • Shreenabh Agrawal, Founder: Robotics grad @ CMU. Physics & Quantum Technology @ IISc Bangalore. India's Prime Minister awardee, highest civilian honor for young achievers. (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)
  2. 2026-08-06: Launch YC post "Aktoria Robotics is the teleoperation layer to speed up robot deployments", tagline "A 24-hour global network of trained operators, powered by our low-latency teleop software.", 6 upvotes when read. (source)

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Where else to launch Aktoria Robotics

  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • Demand Curve ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • No Code Founders ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • OnlineGeniuses ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • Product Makers ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • ProductLed ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group

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