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

Silica

Actuators for Physical AI

Review noteYC directory lists Silica in the Fall 2026 batch, founded 2026, team size 1, San Francisco; its homepage says 'Backed by Y Combinator, Founders Inc. and UP.Partners' with no amount given. Source ↗

Edge

9#232 · ▼43 in 7d

1 of 8 families

Why now

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

    Launch · Oct 2

People

  • Enrico Milletti

    Founder/CEO

    Apple

    I'm the founder of Silica, a company that designs & manufactures intelligent robotic hardware. Before Silica, I worked in the product design department at Apple, where I developed novel materials & mfg processes for future products, taking them from the lab to tens of millions of units sold annually. Before Apple, I worked as the founding engineer at Artefact, where we made the world's first desktop manufacturing cell that can mold composites.

Score

Momentum13

 

Launch

Thesis fit92

× 0.94

Matched on actuator, industrial, manufacturing, physical ai, robot

Earliness100

× 1.00

Almost no public footprint

Team30

× 0.90

Team from Apple

13 × 0.94 × 1.00 × 0.90 × 0.85 one family only = 9

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