Robotics · Zurich, Switzerland · Founded 2026 · Formation stage
Theseus Robotics
Humanoids to restock retail shelves & pick orders
Review noteYC directory lists Theseus Robotics in the Fall 2026 batch, founded 2026, team of 7 in Switzerland. Its three founders trained at ETH Zurich and Carnegie Mellon. No funding amount or named retail pilot is published. Source ↗
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11#186 · ▼46 in 7d
Team from Carnegie Mellon, ETH Zurich
Why now
People
Founder/CEO
Carnegie Mellon
Founder/CEO at Theseus Robotics. Previously founded and scaled Parts World USA from sub-$100k to $3M revenue in 4 years by building global supply chains across China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia & USA. Founded Jumps Tronic (hardware manufacturing). Worked on ML at Facebook and HP. BS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon; Dropped out of ETH Zürich.
Founder/CTO
ETH Zurich
Founder/CTO at Theseus Robotics, developing AI for humanoids that restock shelves and pick grocery orders. Previously VP of Technology at ETH Robotics Club, leading 120 robotics students across six teams. Researched high-performance learning-based control at ETH Zürich and SZTAKI. First-author publications in IEEE TCST and at ECC. ETH Zürich Excellence Scholar in Robotics, Systems and Control.
Founder/CPO
ETH Zurich
Founder/CPO at Theseus Robotics. Previously robotics engineer at Flink Robotics, where he led deployment of a pick-and-place system at live sorting centers achieving 800 picks/hour matching human performance. Designed full robotic work-cells and built custom pneumatic grippers. Published ML research on vehicle dynamics at IFAC SYSID 2024. MA in Robotics from ETH Zürich.
Score
Launch
× 0.92
Matched on humanoid, industrial, manufacturing, physical ai, robotic
× 1.00
Almost no public footprint
× 0.95
Team from Carnegie Mellon, ETH Zurich
15 × 0.92 × 1.00 × 0.95 × 0.85 one family only = 11