# Silica

[Silica on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/silica)

Startup · 1 person on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://silicamachines.com/)
- Crunchbase
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/silica)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicamachines/)
- [X](https://x.com/silicamachines/)
- N/A

## About

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## YC company profile

Actuators for Physical AI

Silica makes the first affordable actuators that sense forces directly, so that all robots can feel the world around them.

- **YC batch:** Fall 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 1
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Industrials
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Hardware, Robotics, Manufacturing
- **YC partner:** Charlie Warren

## Founders

### Enrico Milletti — Founder/CEO

I'm the founder of Silica, a company that designs & manufactures intelligent robotic hardware.

Before Silica, I worked in the product design department at Apple, where I developed novel materials & mfg processes for future products, taking them from the lab to tens of millions of units sold annually. 

Before Apple, I worked as the founding engineer at Artefact, where we made the world's first desktop manufacturing cell that can mold composites.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/enricomilletti) · [X](https://x.com/enrico_milletti)

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

## Current staff

- [Enrico Milletti](https://hacklab.so/enrico-milletti) — Founder/CEO (Present)