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Philon

Active · General Purpose Robots

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4signal of 100 · rising 4
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

AIUltraShared: purpose robot, general purpose, roboticsYC S24New York CityStartup →AIShepherd RoboticsShared: purpose robot, general purpose, roboticsYC F26San FranciscoStartup →AIDarwinShared: purpose robot, general purpose, roboticsYC F25San FranciscoStartup →AIPhysical IntelligenceShared: general purposeNeoStartup →AICortex AIShared: purpose robot, general purpose, roboticsYC F25San FranciscoStartup →OtherPositronShared: purposeStartup →
Companies closest to Philon
Company
UltraShared: purpose robot, general purpose, roboticsYC S24ActiveAI
Shepherd RoboticsShared: purpose robot, general purpose, roboticsYC F26ActiveAI
DarwinShared: purpose robot, general purpose, roboticsYC F25ActiveAI
Physical IntelligenceShared: general purposeNeo Not statedAI
Cortex AIShared: purpose robot, general purpose, roboticsYC F25ActiveAI
Positronnot in a program hereShared: purposeElsewhereOther

Adjacent

OtherNoble MachinesShared: purpose robot, general purposeSPC 2024San FranciscoStartup →AIRadicalShared: general purpose, buildingEF 2024LondonStartup →AIInnateShared: building open, general purpose, roboticsYC F24San FranciscoStartup →AIDensity AIShared: general purposeSPC 2024San FranciscoStartup →AIVerne RoboticsShared: general purpose, robotYC S25SacramentoStartup →
Companies next to Philon
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Noble MachinesShared: purpose robot, general purposeSPC 2024Not statedOther
RadicalShared: general purpose, buildingEF 2024Not statedAI
InnateShared: building open, general purpose, roboticsYC F24ActiveAI, Devtools
Density AIShared: general purposeSPC 2024Not statedAI
Verne RoboticsShared: general purpose, robotYC S25ActiveAI

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Company
EfferenceAn AI startup in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch, based in San Francisco.team of 122 programsActiveAI
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LightberryRobots with soulteam of 3hiringActiveAI
Piggy RoboticsHumanoid robots that do your chores for the price of an iPhone!team of 5ActiveAI
AbsurdThe production canvas for AI film teamsteam of 10ActiveAI
AirCaps AIVoice AI that hears what other models miss.team of 5hiringActiveAI, Devtools

Founders

  • Alexandros PetkosFounder

About Philon

Building open-source general-purpose robots capable of performing unsafe, repetitive or boring tasks.

YC batch
F25 · Fall 2025
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2025
Checked
13h ago

YC tags: Robotics, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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Philon in F25: 146 companies, 88% AI

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Philon: questions

Which YC batch was Philon in?

Philon was in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch (F25).

Is Philon still active?

Y Combinator lists Philon as active.

Who founded Philon?

Philon's founders, as listed on its YC page: Alexandros Petkos (Founder).

Where is Philon based?

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