Startupsby GlyphWhy it ranks
How the rank works- went through YCProgram · this site+4
- team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5
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Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Inactive | YCW20 | |
| AI | Active | YCS26 | |
| AI | Not stated | Antler2024 | |
| AI | Not stated | speedrunSR002 | |
| AI | Not stated | Antler2024 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havilo.aiShared: intelligence layerAlchemist Class 40Not statedOther | Other | Not stated | AlchemistClass 40 |
| Industrial DynamicsShared: intelligence layer, industrial, systemAlchemist Class 40Not statedOther | Other | Not stated | AlchemistClass 40 |
| Other | Not stated | EF2024 | |
| Devtools | Acquired | YCS13 | |
| AI | Active | YCF26 |
Also from S26 in AI
All of S26Founders
- Warren ShepardFounder/CEO
- Jack GrodnickFounder/CTO
About Control Seat
Control Seat builds the hardware and software that helps industrial teams see, understand, and run their operations. Our platform creates one clear source of truth across the plant. It connects the systems teams already use, brings control, monitoring, history, and machine health together, and adds an intelligence layer that continuously watches for meaningful changes. Teams can understand what happened, catch problems earlier, and act before they become downtime. The result is fewer surprises, faster decisions, and less time spent piecing together information across disconnected tools. We work with manufacturers, utilities, energy companies, and other industrial operators modernizing existing facilities or building new ones.
- YC batch
- S26 · Summer 2026
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 2
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 6h ago
YC tags: Workflow Automation, Monitoring, Industrial
Control Seat: questions
Which YC batch was Control Seat in?
Control Seat was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).
Is Control Seat still active?
Y Combinator lists Control Seat as active.
Who founded Control Seat?
Control Seat's founders, as listed on its YC page: Warren Shepard (Founder/CEO), Jack Grodnick (Founder/CTO).
Where is Control Seat based?
Control Seat lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.