Pairio

AI-native industrial maintenance software

Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveB2BSaaSB2BManufacturing

What they do

Problem

Factory technicians waste time diagnosing and repairing broken industrial equipment because relevant troubleshooting information is hard to find quickly.

Solution

An AI-powered mobile app that uses photos of equipment to search and extract the right repair instructions from large collections of manuals.

Who it's for

Factory maintenance technicians and industrial operations teams responsible for repairing and maintaining equipment.

Founders

Tim Zinkl

Founder

Grew up in Brazil, Spain and China, studied in the UK and Germany. Built up a successful events business during my undergrad until COVID hit.

Matthias Wolf

Founder

CTO @ Pairio (P26). Prev AI engineer @ Lio (S23). B.Sc. General Engineering, M.Sc. AI & Robotics @TUM. Grew up in a blue-collar engineering family. Built AI agent pipelines and enterprise integrations at Lio (S23).