Asimov
Asimov is a YC Winter 2026 (W26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote. Team of 3.
About Asimov
Summary
Asimov collects real-world human movement data, at scale, from kitchens, offices, hotels, and homes across multiple continents to train humanoid robots. It serves frontier robotics teams that need diverse, annotated datasets covering natural hand-object interactions, 3D body pose, depth maps, and activity segmentation. The product replaces teleoperation data gathered in controlled lab settings, which produces limited variety and volume.
Business model
Robotics teams pay for clean, annotated datasets delivered through a fully managed collection pipeline; individuals are paid to perform everyday tasks as data contributors.
Go-to-market
Robotics teams request datasets directly and Asimov handles hardware distribution, collector training, quality assurance, and post-processing end-to-end; individuals self-enroll to earn by recording daily activities.
From the Y Combinator listing
Real-world human movement data for humanoid robots
Asimov collects real-world human movement data from households and businesses to train humanoid robots. Unlike factory datasets that capture the same tasks in the same environments, we deliver the full diversity of real human environments, thousands of hours a day to leading labs.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics
- San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
- 3
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Anshul Verma
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