Flywheel AI
Waymo for excavators
Y CombinatorSummer 2025ActiveIndustrialsManufacturing and RoboticsDeep LearningHardwareConstruction
What they do
Problem
Construction contractors face safety risks and productivity limits operating excavators on-site and lack autonomy-ready data for automation.
Solution
Flywheel AI retrofits existing excavators with remote-operation and data-capture systems to enable teleoperation and train autonomous excavation policies.
Who it's for
Construction contractors and fleet operators who own and operate excavators.
Founders
Jash Mota
Founder/CEO
building semi-autonomous heavy equipment
Company timeline
- Founded2023
- YC batchSummer 2025
- StatusActive
- Team size2 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
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