FoxPlug

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

What they're building

Autonomous construction on Earth and beyond

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
Industrials
Team size
8
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

cosmicrobotics.com ↗

See their funding details ↗

Cosmic Robotics on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Our mission is to build a city on Mars. Cosmic-1, the first equipment in our fleet, is an autonomous robot capable of heavy-lift manipulation. Its been deployed on some of the largest solar farms in the US, more than doubling labor productivity across tens of thousands of panel installs. We're scaling in solar, expanding in data centers, and building lunar construction robotics under contract with NASA. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Cosmic Robotics builds robotic equipment for the world" (source)

Who is behind it

  • James Emerick, Founder/CEO: Co-founder, CEO at Cosmic Robotics (YC S26). Previously robotics engineer at Built Robotics deploying autonomous earthmoving robots in production, and research engineer at Autodesk Research building adaptive platforms for construction. MS/BS in Mechanical Engineering from UPenn. (source)
  • Lewis Jones, Founder/CTO: Co-founder, CTO at Cosmic Robotics (YC S26). Previously propulsion engineer at Relativity Space and prior experience at SpaceX, NASA JPL, and NASA JSC. Forbes 30 under 30. BS in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Caltech. (source)

Timeline

  1. 2024: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

Other Industrials and energy launches on FoxPlug

  • Meteoric: Drones that clear clouds over solar farms and weaken hurricanes
  • Micora: Solar farm in a box built anywhere in days
  • Molagri: Resistance free pesticides.

Where else to launch Cosmic Robotics

  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • BetaList ↗
    Self-promotion allowedPaid
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • CoFoundersLab ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Invincible Product Hunters (Global) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Telegram channel readers; URL-first, attention-light
  • Launching Next ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree, with paid options
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • LaunchPedia ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • MicroLaunch ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree, with paid options
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories

Is this your startup? Start free

Start free →

After you sign up, your new project setup opens with cosmicrobotics.com filled in, then a short onboarding. Already signed in? It opens the setup straight away. See what each plan includes.

Featured on FoxPlug badge

Featured on FoxPlug: Cosmic Robotics