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Robotics · San Francisco, CA · Founded 2026 · Formation stage

Rodeo Robotics

Robots for vehicle maintenance

Review noteYC directory lists Rodeo Robotics in the Fall 2026 batch, founded 2026, team of 2 in San Francisco. Both founders came from Applied Intuition. It is building a robotic technician for fleet maintenance, starting with oil changes at depots; no funding amount or customer is published. Source ↗

Edge

11#198 · ▼53 in 7d

1 of 8 families

Why now

  1. Listed in YC Fall 2026 under Manufacturing and Robotics, now a team of 2

    Launch · Oct 11

People

  • Michael Hazard

    Founder/CEO

    Building robots for vehicle maintenance. Four years at Applied Intuition bringing software and autonomy to vehicles. Google APM. Stanford CS.

  • Colby Duke

    Founder/CTO

    Building robots for vehicle maintenance. Previously the tech lead of Applied Intuition's neural simulation team.

Score

Momentum16

 

Launch

Thesis fit90

× 0.92

Matched on autonomy, industrial, manufacturing, robot, robotic

Earliness100

× 1.00

Almost no public footprint

Team–

× 0.85

2 named people, none from a top lab or company

16 × 0.92 × 1.00 × 0.85 × 0.85 one family only = 11

Edge, 12 weeks