Grip
Grip is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in Zürich, ZH, Switzerland. Team of 4.
About Grip
Summary
Grip builds robotic systems that sort and pick objects from live waste and recycling streams. Its hardware and learning-based manipulation software train on every successful and failed grasp, growing more reliable across different facility types and material mixes over time. The systems replace manual sorting, reducing contamination and recovering more recyclable material from streams that change constantly in composition.
Go-to-market
Waste and recycling facility operators are the primary buyers, deploying Grip's systems to automate sorting lines that currently depend on manual labor.
From the Y Combinator listing
Robotics for waste management
Grip is a robotics company building intelligent robotic systems for waste and recycling. Its technology combines learning-based manipulation and custom hardware to identify and pick objects from messy, constantly changing waste streams. By learning from real-world operating data, including every successful and failed grasp, Grip’s systems become more reliable and adaptable over time. The goal is to help waste operators reduce difficult manual sorting, recover more valuable material, lower contamination, and deploy automation more flexibly across different facilities and waste streams. Ultimately, Grip is building the intelligent manipulation layer for waste infrastructure, making recycling and the circular economy more efficient and scalable.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics
- Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
- 4
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
- Jonas Gruetter
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