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Control Seat

AI that runs factories.

ActiveChecked 24h ago
Batch
S26
Status, per YC
Active
Team size
2
HQ
San Francisco, CA
In S26231 companies, 88% AI

Founders

  • Warren ShepardFounder/CEO
  • Jack GrodnickFounder/CTO

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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.

San Francisco, CA, USA

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.

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