# Dawn Industries

[Dawn Industries on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/dawn-industries)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.dawnxr.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dawn-industries)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dawn-industries-inc/)

## About

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## 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.

[LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/joohyun-cha)

### Robin Lee — Founder/CTO

Founder at Dawn Industries. Previously founding engineer at NUUA, Aviation AI Startup that raised $10m.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinlee02/)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dawn-industries) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Joohyun \(CJ\) Cha](https://hacklab.so/joohyun-cj-cha) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Robin Lee](https://hacklab.so/robin-lee) — Founder/CTO (Present)