Salem Robotics Inc
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About Salem Robotics Inc
YC company profile
Deploying robots to replace workers in hazardous spaces
Our software turns any robot we deploy into an everyday independent worker at your facility. They are able to walk sites, handle instruments, overcome obstacles, collect measurements, and generate auditable compliance records, replacing hours of mandatory manual surveys and inspections. Built by Los Alamos robotics veterans and deterministic-manipulation researchers, we started in nuclear and are already expanding to other hazardous industries.
- YC batch: Summer 2026
- Founded: 2026
- Team size: 2
- Location: San Francisco
- Country: US
- Status: Active
- Industry: Industrials
- Stage: Early
- Tags: Hard Tech, Robotics, Energy, Defense, Industrial
- YC partner: Jon Xu
Founders
Caleb Horan — Founder/CEO
Co-founder and CEO at Salem Robotics. Previously a published robotics PhD student at UT Austin, developing task planning for autonomous systems. NRC Fellow. Deployed multi-robot teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Plutonium Division. MS in Robotics from UT Austin.
Janak (Crasun) Panthi — Founder/CTO
Co-founder and CTO at Salem Robotics Inc. PhD in Robotics from UT Austin (Dec. 2026). 6 yrs industry experience leading product development and deploying quadruped robots in nuclear facilities. US Army.
Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.