Saphira AI

The Enablement Layer for Physical AI

Y CombinatorSummer 2024ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and DesignHardwareRoboticsComplianceEnterprise

What they do

Problem

Hardware companies building physical AI systems face slow, complex safety certification processes that delay product launches and market access.

Solution

Saphira provides an enablement platform that streamlines safety certification and compliance for physical AI hardware like robots and heavy machinery.

Who it's for

Manufacturers and hardware product teams building industrial robots and heavy machinery that need safety certification to ship.

Founders

Akshay Chalana

Founder

Co-Founder, CEO - Saphira AI - Automating Safety+Systems Engineering: ex-Citadel (real-time trading workflow configuration), Apple (pb-scale dataset management for Siri and Vision Pro), Tesla (made sure batteries didn't explode in the heat of the sun), Meta (PyTorch/ONNX), Hyperloop (blew up and crashed pods)

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Oscar Avatare

Founder

Saphira AI (S24) Formerly at Amazon and Twitter. Passionate about helping the next generation of innovative hardware companies build safe and compliant products faster. Per aspera ad astra.