# Micora

[Micora on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/micora)

Startup · 3 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://micora.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/micora)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/micoraenergy/)

## About

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## YC company profile

Micro-grids in a box deploying industrial power autonomously in weeks

Micora re-designed the process of building solar farms to optimize speed to power generation and portability. The product suite combines a palletized solar block, a containerized energy storage system, and low-cost autonomous robots that deploy a solar farm on-site in days to weeks – and pack it back up when needed.

- **YC batch:** Fall 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 3
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Industrials
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Energy Storage, Robotics, Solar Power
- **YC partner:** Harj Taggar

## Founders

### Ashten Akemoto — Founder/CEO

Design, manufactured, and shipped heat pumps as CTO of Normal Robotics, published a few papers on multi-agent robotics and, worked on autonomous space robotics missions with NASA JPL / Astrobotic.

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

### Chris Choo — Founder

Co-Founder & CTO of Micora. Previously designed robot drivetrains and handled manufacturing at Serve Robotics, worked on semiconductors at Infineon, and deployed Solar/BESS at Tesla.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-choo)

### Frederik (Fredy) Mareels — Founder

Fredy is a co-founder of Micora. Previously, he worked in J.P. Morgan’s Healthcare Investment Banking group and was a founding team member at Pear Suite, an AI-enabled platform and provider network for community health workers (CHWs).

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederik-mareels)

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

## Current staff

- [Ashten Akemoto](https://hacklab.so/ashten-akemoto) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Chris Choo](https://hacklab.so/chris-choo) — Founder (Present)
- [Frederik \(Fredy\) Mareels](https://hacklab.so/frederik-fredy-mareels) — Founder (Present)