Cosmic Robotics

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About Cosmic Robotics

YC company profile

Autonomous construction on Earth and beyond

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.

YC batch: Summer 2026
Founded: 2024
Team size: 8
Location: San Francisco
Country: US
Status: Active
Industry: Industrials
Stage: Early
Tags: Hard Tech, Robotics, Construction, Aerospace
YC partner: Ankit Gupta

Founders

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.

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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.