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Tesla autonomous manufacturing for everyone

Y CombinatorWinter 2022ActiveIndustrialsManufacturing and RoboticsHard TechRoboticsManufacturingAI

What they do

Problem

Manufacturers lack accessible, Tesla-level autonomous factory capabilities to improve production efficiency and quality.

Solution

They provide smart camera systems and robotic guidance tools to enable autonomous manufacturing in factories.

Who it's for

Automakers and other large manufacturers seeking to deploy autonomous manufacturing in their production lines.

Founders

Lukas Pankau
Founder

Lukas was the lead electrical architect behind Ford’s Global Fusion and Edge platforms, and Tesla’s Model X, 3, and Y. In his five years at Tesla he transitioned to lead next-generation Autopilot hardware architecture and special projects in the Fremont factory focusing on autonomous manufacturing. After Tesla Lukas spend three years defining Waymo’s next-generation sensor and communications architecture. In his spare time he enjoys cooking and reading terrible fiction novels.

Allen Pan
Founder

Telsa autonomous factory lead, GM advanced autonomous control engineer, Neolix chief architect. An Industry veteran in industrial automation, flexible manufacturing, and autonomous driving expert, with more than 10 years of experiances

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