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Control Seat

Control and Monitoring of Industrial Operations

Y CombinatorSummer 2026ActiveIndustrialsWorkflow AutomationMonitoringIndustrial

What they do

Problem

Industrial operations need centralized control and real-time monitoring to prevent downtime, safety issues, and inefficiencies.

Solution

A control and monitoring platform for managing industrial operations and tracking system performance.

Who it's for

Industrial operators and manufacturing or process-industry facilities that oversee operational equipment and production systems.

Founders

Jack Grodnick
Founder

Building a modern SCADA builder to control and monitor factory hardware and replace legacy systems. On leave from Dartmouth to build Control Seat. Previously at Tesla, SpaceX, and Amazon.

Warren Shepard
Founder

Building a modern SCADA system to control and monitor factory hardware and replace legacy systems. Previously at Dartmouth ('26), SpaceX (Starlink), and Microsoft (security).

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