Tensr
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About Tensr
YC company profile
Robotic factories that build robots
Robotic factories that build robotics in the US. Currently operating a 12,000 sqft factory in the Bay Area and actively manufacturing customer orders for some of the largest robotics companies in the US and the International Space Station.
We’re a group of Berkeley graduate robotics researchers who previously won a full scale autonomous IndyCar competition at 160mph.
- YC batch: Summer 2026
- Founded: 2025
- Team size: 7
- Location: Emeryville, CA
- Country: US
- Status: Active
- Industry: Industrials
- Stage: Early
- Tags: Deep Learning, Hardware, Robotics, Automation, Industrial
- YC partner: Nicolas Dessaigne
Founders
Eric Berndt — Founder/CEO
Robotic factories that build robots in the US. Prev Robotics researcher @ UC Berkeley where I raced autonomous Indy500 cars at 160mph
Adith Sundram — Founder/CTO
Founder @ Tensr. Robotics, ML and Controls @ UC Berkeley
C.K. Wolfe — Founder
Founder, Tensr. CS PhD (AI, Robotics), UC Berkeley. Former Technical Program Manager, UC Berkeley robotics lab under Berkeley AI Research (BAIR). Secured $17M+ in DARPA and industry sponsorship across Stanford and UC Berkeley via AI Racing Tech (2024). Team Manager during top-ranked U.S. league season. Editor-in-Chief of UC Berkeley BAIR’s official AI research publication (BAIR Blog).
Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.
