Nori

YC S26 · Active · The most capable American-made humanoid robot for $1,688

Competitors

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Company	Category	Status	Program
OS3Shared: humanoid robot, robotics data, hardwareActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS26
DarwinShared: humanoid robot, robotics, workActiveAI	AI	Active	YCF25
TwolabsShared: humanoid robot, robotics, trainActiveAI	AI	Active	YCX26
YonduShared: humanoid robot, robotics, deployingActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW24
K-Scale LabsShared: humanoid robot, robotics, capableInactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YC +1W24

Adjacent

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Company	Category	Status	Program
Piggy RoboticsShared: humanoid robot, robotics, manufactureActiveAI	AI	Active	YCF25
AsimovShared: humanoid robot, train, taskActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW26
Aktoria RoboticsShared: roboticsActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS26
DeployShared: robotics, generalist, taskActiveOther	Other	Active	YCF26
Eden RoboticsShared: humanoid robot, workActiveAI	AI	Active	YCX26

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About Nori

We manufacture Nori: A sub-$2000 bimanual mobile manipulator that can clean rooms, restock shelves, and fold clothes. Nori can handle basic tasks out of the box, and its software lets anyone teach Nori to automate work specific to their home or business. Nori aims to solve the robotics data bottleneck. By deploying affordable robots to customers around the world, we can gather the diverse data required to train the next generation of generalist robotic policies. Every user of Nori makes Nori smarter. Since launching 6 weeks ago we have already deployed our first robot and have over $440k+ in sales. We can bring general-purpose robotics to homes and businesses that could never afford it before. There are 132.7 million households and 8.4 million employer business locations in the U.S. At $1,688 per robot, selling just one Nori to 0.5% of them represents a $1.2B market opportunity in the U.S. alone.

YC batch: S26 · Summer 2026
Status, per YC: Active
Category: Other
Team size: 5
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked: 35m ago

YC tags: Hard Tech, Hardware, Robotics

Nori in S26: 231 companies, 88% AI

Nori: questions

Which YC batch was Nori in?

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

Is Nori still active?

Y Combinator lists Nori as active.

Where is Nori based?

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

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