Dawn Industries
<!-- hacklab:yc-profile -- YC company profile Automatic Diagnosis & Fix for Industrial Automation Cells VIM connects to the entire cell: PLCs, robots, CNC machines, sensors. Whe…
About Dawn Industries
YC company profile
Automatic Diagnosis & Fix for Industrial Automation Cells
VIM connects to the entire cell: PLCs, robots, CNC machines, sensors. When a cell faults, VIM finds the cause, stages the fix, and the operator approves with one click. When a part drifts, VIM catches it seconds after the cut, inside the machine, and recommends the correction. Recovery drops from 30 minutes to under two, saving more than $15,000 per fault in large factories.
- YC batch: Summer 2026
- Founded: 2025
- Team size: 2
- Location: San Francisco
- Country: US
- Status: Active
- Industry: Industrials
- Stage: Early
- Tags: AI
- YC partner: Diana Hu
Founders
Joohyun (CJ) Cha — Founder/CEO
Founder at Dawn Industries (YC S26). Previously co-founder & CTO at Zipper, a creative collage social media backed by Unnoted Ventures (acquired by MetaZone). ML engineer at Avalo analyzing genomic data for crop development. Studied CS at Brown.
Robin Lee — Founder/CTO
Founder at Dawn Industries. Previously founding engineer at NUUA, Aviation AI Startup that raised $10m.
Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.