# Hemlock

[Hemlock on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/hemlock)

Startup · 1 person on Hacklab

## Links

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

## About

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## YC company profile

Force + contact dynamics collected at scale for training physical AI.

At Hemlock, we equip workers around the globe with EMG wearables to generate force/contact-annotated egocentric video data to give physical AI models a sense of touch from human data. Force + contact dynamics, collected at scale.

- **YC batch:** Fall 2026
- **Founded:** 2025
- **Team size:** 1
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Industrials
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Hard Tech, Hardware
- **YC partner:** Nicolas Dessaigne

## Founders

### Julian Olschwang — Founder/CEO

Founder at Hemlock. CMU Electrical and Computer Engineering dropout. Previously built GANs for military robotic data generation at the UCLA Biomechatronics Lab.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-olschwang) · [X](https://x.com/j_olschwang)

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

## Current staff

- [Julian Olschwang](https://hacklab.so/julian-olschwang) — Founder/CEO (Present)