Nines
Nines is a YC Fall 2026 (F26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Nines
Summary
Nines builds autonomous robots and the software models that run them for data center operators. Inside AI data centers, technicians hand-match, insert, and verify thousands of fiber connections per GPU rack at buildout, then staff the floor around the clock to replace drives, transceivers, and fans. Nines replaces that manual labor, letting operators bring capacity online faster and with fewer errors.
Go-to-market
Data center operators are the buyer; the company engages them directly through its team, as shown by the site's call to action to talk to the team.
From the Y Combinator listing
Robot pit crew for AI data centers
Nines builds autonomous robots, and the models that run them, for data centers. The AI buildout is the biggest construction project of our lifetime, and the physical work inside it is still done by hand. Every GPU rack needs thousands of fiber connections matched, inserted, and verified before a hall goes live. After that, every building needs people on site around the clock to swap drives, transceivers, and fans. With our robots operators bring capacity online faster, with fewer errors and less downtime.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
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