Salem Robotics Inc
Salem Robotics Inc is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in Austin, TX, USA. Team of 2.
About Salem Robotics Inc
Summary
Salem Robotics Inc builds autonomy software that turns robots into independent inspection workers inside nuclear plants and other hazardous facilities. Field technicians today enter restricted areas by hand, collect measurements with handheld instruments, and transcribe results afterward, work constrained by radiation exposure limits and staffing availability. Salem's software handles mission planning, robot execution, data collection, and auditable compliance reporting in one workflow, replacing those mandatory manual surveys entirely.
Go-to-market
Customers are hazardous-facility operators, starting in nuclear. Engagements begin with a scoped one-to-two week validation, and the company deploys on robots the customer already operates or supplies a turnkey Salem system.
From the Y Combinator listing
Deploying robots for inspections in hazardous spaces, like nuclear.
Our software turns any robot we deploy into an everyday independent worker at your facility. They are able to walk sites, handle instruments, overcome obstacles, collect measurements, and generate auditable compliance records, replacing hours of mandatory manual surveys and inspections. Built by Los Alamos robotics veterans and deterministic-manipulation researchers, we're starting in nuclear and expanding to other hazardous industries.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics
- Austin, TX, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Caleb Horan
- Janak (Crasun) Panthi
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