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Datoric

Active · The training data R&D engine for physical AI

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7signal of 100 · rising 7
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5

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Competitors

AIMaxinsightsShared: training data, physicalSPC 2025San FranciscoStartup →AIGuide LabsShared: frontier model, training dataYC W24San FranciscoStartup →AIEpsilabShared: frontier model, data labeling, machine learningYC F26San FranciscoStartup →AIMoving AtomsShared: training data, data labeling, roboticsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIHubShared: training data, robotics, frontierYC X26San FranciscoStartup →
Companies closest to Datoric
Company
MaxinsightsShared: training data, physicalSPC 2025Not statedAI, Devtools
Guide LabsShared: frontier model, training dataYC W24ActiveAI, Devtools
EpsilabShared: frontier model, data labeling, machine learningYC F26ActiveAI, Data
Moving AtomsShared: training data, data labeling, roboticsYC S26ActiveAI, Data
HubShared: training data, robotics, frontierYC X26ActiveAI, Data, Devtools

Adjacent

AIWomp LabsShared: model failureEF 2024New YorkStartup →AISenseiShared: training data, robotics, collectionYC S24BostonStartup →AIAcquiredSepal AIShared: training data, data labeling, datasetYC S24San FranciscoStartup →AILinewiseShared: training data, robotics, physicalYC X25San FranciscoStartup →AIThe Robot Learning CompanyShared: robotics, machine learning, physicalYC X25BYStartup →
Companies next to Datoric
Company
Womp LabsShared: model failureEF 2024 +1Not statedAI
SenseiShared: training data, robotics, collectionYC S24ActiveAI, Data
Sepal AIShared: training data, data labeling, datasetYC S24AcquiredAI, Data
LinewiseShared: training data, robotics, physicalYC X25ActiveAI, Data
The Robot Learning CompanyShared: robotics, machine learning, physicalYC X25ActiveAI

Also from S26 in AI

All of S26
AICoArenaThe biggest crowdsourced benchmark for Computer-UseYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIDeepReach Inc.Network for Physical AI Data BusinessYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AI6thSenseNervous System for Physical AIYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAgnost AIWe find where AI agents fail, then train better models to run them.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAutoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIBelvedirAutonomous AI Model TrainingYC S26San FranciscoStartup →
Company
CoArenaThe biggest crowdsourced benchmark for Computer-Useteam of 2ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
DeepReach Inc.Network for Physical AI Data Businessteam of 6hiringActiveAI
6thSenseNervous System for Physical AIteam of 4ActiveAI
Agnost AIWe find where AI agents fail, then train better models to run them.2 programsteam of 2ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
Autoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools
BelvedirAutonomous AI Model Trainingteam of 2ActiveAI

Founders

  • Nikhil ReddyFounder/CEO
  • Jeffrey LinFounder/CTO

About Datoric

Datoric develops custom datasets for robotics, treating research, collection, verification, and production as one continuous process. We work closely with frontier model teams to turn emerging limitations and model failures into testable data hypotheses, and run exclusive collections for specific data methods based on results. Data is collected through private invite-only applications separated by modality, customer, and trust level. Every submission remains linked to the contributor, device, task, session, consent, rights, and processing history that produced it, giving our internal QA and fraud models the context to detect problems that may appear legitimate in the finished file. Once a collection method is validated, we scale it up as a solution to the model failure and it also becomes a reusable data recipe for future custom projects or independently collected, rights-cleared data products.

YC batch
S26 · Summer 2026
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI, Data
Team size
2
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2025
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Machine Learning, Robotics, Data Labeling, AI

Changes seen

One-linerOct 26, 2026

Rewrote its one-liner; it read "The secure training data R&D engine for physical AI"

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TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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Datoric in S26: 229 companies, 88% AI

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Datoric: questions

Which YC batch was Datoric in?

Datoric was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).

Is Datoric still active?

Y Combinator lists Datoric as active.

Who founded Datoric?

Datoric's founders, as listed on its YC page: Nikhil Reddy (Founder/CEO), Jeffrey Lin (Founder/CTO).

Where is Datoric based?

Datoric lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.