Sidekick
Sidekick is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 1.
About Sidekick
Summary
Sidekick builds an AI agent for frontline manufacturing workers that runs entirely over text, requiring no app, no login, and no new hardware. Workers send a problem, photo, or voice memo in any language via messaging apps they already use; Sidekick answers from the company's own documents, opens and routes a work order, and escalates to the right manager. As it works, it captures the procedural knowledge held by experienced workers into a searchable plant history the company owns, replacing informal handoffs and institutional memory that otherwise disappears when veterans leave.
Go-to-market
Sidekick targets manufacturing shops and is accessible via a demo booking flow on its website, with no self-serve signup shown.
From the Y Combinator listing
AI agent that handles frontline operations over text
Sidekick is an AI assistant for frontline manufacturing workers. Sidekick lets workers text problems, photos, or voice memos in any language; it answers from the company's own documents, creates and routes the work order, and syncs with software the company already runs. Sidekick captures the tribal knowledge in veterans' heads - the know-how that usually walks out the door when they retire - into a searchable knowledge base the company owns. No app, no login, works on any phone.
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Operations
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 1
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
- Justin So
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