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General Instinct

Active · Deployment infrastructure 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

AIVoundShared: deployment infrastructure, robotics, physicalspeedrun SR007Palo AltoStartup →OtherAktoria RoboticsShared: robotics, deploymentYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIStableBrowseShared: robotics, physical, infrastructureYC X26San FranciscoStartup →AIHuman ArchiveShared: deployment infrastructure, physical, robotYC W26San FranciscoStartup →AIOrangewood LabsShared: robotics, deployment, physicalYC W18San FranciscoStartup →
Companies closest to General Instinct
Company
VoundShared: deployment infrastructure, robotics, physicalspeedrun SR007Not statedAI
Aktoria RoboticsShared: robotics, deploymentYC S26ActiveOther
StableBrowseShared: robotics, physical, infrastructureYC X26ActiveAI
Human ArchiveShared: deployment infrastructure, physical, robotYC W26ActiveAI
Orangewood LabsShared: robotics, deployment, physicalYC W18ActiveAI

Adjacent

AIPhasesShared: physical, manufacturing and roboticsYC S25San FranciscoStartup →AIThe Robot Learning CompanyShared: robotics, physicalYC X25BYStartup →AI6thSenseShared: robotics, physicalYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIHebbian RoboticsShared: robotics, physical, infrastructureYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIGeneral TrajectoryShared: robotics, physicalYC W25Los AngelesStartup →
Companies next to General Instinct
Company
PhasesShared: physical, manufacturing and roboticsYC S25ActiveAI
The Robot Learning CompanyShared: robotics, physicalYC X25ActiveAI
6thSenseShared: robotics, physicalYC S26ActiveAI
Hebbian RoboticsShared: robotics, physical, infrastructureYC S26ActiveAI, Data
General TrajectoryShared: robotics, physicalYC W25ActiveAI

Also from X26 in AI

All of X26
AIAdvanced Metal ResearchMachine intelligence for American WeldingYC X26Los AngelesStartup →AIHubReal-world training data for frontier AI labs and robotics.YC X26San FranciscoStartup →AIInLoop RoboticsRobotic arms that pick and pack your orders.YC X26BYStartup →AIPerfectBit, Inc.RoboticsYC X26San FranciscoStartup →AITwolabsRL environments for underexplored domains.YC X26San FranciscoStartup →AIAbInitio BioThe Intelligence layer for Drug ManufacturingYC X26BostonStartup →
Company
Advanced Metal ResearchMachine intelligence for American Weldingteam of 3ActiveAI
HubReal-world training data for frontier AI labs and robotics.team of 60hiringActiveAI, Data, Devtools
InLoop RoboticsRobotic arms that pick and pack your orders.team of 10hiringActiveAI
PerfectBit, Inc.Roboticsteam of 3hiringActiveAI
TwolabsRL environments for underexplored domains.team of 2ActiveAI, Devtools
AbInitio BioThe Intelligence layer for Drug Manufacturingteam of 2ActiveAI

Founders

  • Bill JiaoFounder/CEO
  • Guanming WangFounder/CTO

About General Instinct

Making robot post-training and deployment scalable.

YC batch
X26 · Spring 2026
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
2
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2026
Checked
7h ago

YC tags: Robotics, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 22, 2026

Newly tagged Robotics and AI.

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RegionsOct 22, 2026

Now lists the region Remote and Partly Remote.

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One-linerOct 12, 2026

Rewrote its one-liner; it read "Inference Infrastructure for Physical AI"

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General Instinct in X26: 194 companies, 84% AI

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General Instinct: questions

Which YC batch was General Instinct in?

General Instinct was in Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch (X26).

Is General Instinct still active?

Y Combinator lists General Instinct as active.

Who founded General Instinct?

General Instinct's founders, as listed on its YC page: Bill Jiao (Founder/CEO), Guanming Wang (Founder/CTO).

Where is General Instinct based?

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