Robotics · San Francisco, CA · Founded 2026 · Formation stage
Mantle
The pit crew for machines and robots
Review noteYC directory: Fall 2026 batch, founded 2026, team of 2, San Francisco, partner Pete Koomen. Founders' LinkedIn posts (about Oct 1 2026) announce joining YC F26. No raise beyond the standard YC deal found. Source ↗
Edge
6#299 · ▼33 in 7d
Team from Tesla
Why now
People
Founder/CEO
Tesla
Co-Founder & CEO at Mantle, the pit crew for deployed machines and robots. Previously founded Curo (YC F24), the world's largest private EV charging network. Curo scaled to 5,000 stations with Uber, Zoox and Google across 15 states before acquisition by Inspiration Mobility Group ($415M raised). Before Curo I joined Tesla at 18 as the youngest employee.
Founder/CTO
Co-Founder & CTO at Mantle, the pit crew for deployed machines and robots. Previously founded Babylon, the world’s largest fleet of autonomous vertical farms. Babylon raised $22M and deployed 400 farms with Compass, LinkedIn and American Airlines. Before Babylon I scaled an electronics repair business I started at 14.
Score
Launch
× 0.84
Matched on industrial, manufacturing, robot, robotic
× 1.00
Almost no public footprint
× 0.93
Team from Tesla
9 × 0.84 × 1.00 × 0.93 × 0.85 one family only = 6