# Manifold

[Manifold on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/manifold-2)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.manifoldindustries.ai/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/manifold-2)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/manifoldindustries)

## About

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## YC company profile

Drop-in robotic labor that works on Day 1

The US Warehouse industry spends $75bn on labor each year. Yet, only 10% of US warehouses have any form of automation, because existing robotics are too expensive and hard to integrate. 

Manifold deploys autonomous robots that handle picking, loading / unloading, and palletizing — priced by pick. Integration in hours. No upfront costs. No retrofitting. No need to rebuild the operation around the robot. 

Our mission is to make it easy for any warehouse to adopt robotics.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Industrials
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Hardware, Warehouse Management Tech, Robotics, Logistics, Supply Chain
- **YC partner:** Jon Xu

## Founders

### Nicolas Yeh — Founder/CEO

Founder at Manifold. Grew up in a 3rd-gen supply chain family business (major consumer products supplier to US retailers). Previously at Balyasny Asset Management covering analog semiconductors ($1B+ book). Before that, Hotel Acquisitions at Starwood Capital Group, where he sourced a $60M hotel sale and was sole analyst responsible for asset management of Extended Stay America ($7.6B JV with Blackstone). BA from UPenn.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-yeh/)

### Joshua Ibrahim — Founder/CTO

Founder at Manifold. PhD in Applied Mathematics from Caltech. Previously Software Engineering Intern at Facebook, working on Messenger P2P services and Instagram's misinformation detection systems. MS and BS in Electrical and Systems Engineering from Penn.

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

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/manifold-2) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Joshua Ibrahim](https://hacklab.so/joshua-ibrahim) — Founder/CTO (Present)
- [Nicolas Yeh](https://hacklab.so/nicolas-yeh) — Founder/CEO (Present)