Almond
Almond is a YC Spring 2025 (P25) company. Team of 2.
About Almond
Summary
Almond builds industrial-grade dual-arm robots for teams developing physical AI applications. Its flagship robot, Axol, is a 7-DOF-per-arm platform with 860mm reach, a 500Hz control rate, and fully internal cable routing, targeting robotics builders who need a capable, real-world-ready manipulation platform. Axol ships with an open-source Python SDK, VR teleoperation, and bimanual inverse kinematics, replacing the need to design and integrate custom hardware from scratch.
Business model
Per-unit hardware purchase starting at $9,499 for Axol, with a mobile base add-on at $7,999.
Go-to-market
Robotics researchers and physical AI developers buy directly through Almond's website, with a self-serve order flow and one-week ship time.
From the Y Combinator listing
Robots designed for the era of AI
Industrial grade 7 DoF robot arms designed and assembled (by robots) in California.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Shawn Patel
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