Boost Robotics
YC X25Boston, US · Founded 2025 · 2 employees · 1 known investors
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Boost Robotics builds autonomous robots that inspect and maintain data center infrastructure. The company serves data center operators to ensure continuous facility operations.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (X25)
Boost Robotics was founded in 2025 by Hardik Singh and Hans Kumar.
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Hardik SinghinCo-FounderHardik Singh holds a master's degree in robotic systems development from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute and has worked on the development of autonomous drones, rovers, tractors, and robotic arms across both collaborative and industrial applications.
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Hans KumarinCo-Founder / CTOHans Kumar is a co-founder at Boost Robotics who previously held roles at Boston Dynamics and the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute.
Investors · 1
The YC application· Spring 2025 batch
Alumni Q&A
- How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
- The founders met in 2015 as freshmen at Carnegie Mellon University on the same competitive Bhangra dance team. Over the following 10 years they lived together, competed in Bhangra competitions, collaborated on school projects, and each earned a robotics Master's degree from CMU's Robotics Institute.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
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Competitors · 5
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Boston Dynamics23 shared keywordsBoston Dynamics builds mobile and humanoid robots for automating tedious and hazardous work in manufacturing, logistics, and warehouse operations, along with software for monitoring robotic fleets. Its customers are enterprises seeking to automate physical tasks and gather facility data.
Flexxbotics12 shared keywordsFlexxbotics provides software combined with hardware and services that connects industrial robots and factory automation cells to machines, PLCs, MES/QMS, and SCADA systems for closed-loop control and data acquisition. It serves manufacturers in sectors such as aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor and electronics, and life sciences to improve throughput, uptime, and compliance.
Symbotic9 shared keywordsSymbotic provides warehouse and supply chain automation, offering robotics-based systems for order fulfillment and distribution operations.
Vecna Robotics9 shared keywordsVecna Robotics provides autonomous mobile robot (AMR) systems and orchestration software for material handling tasks such as case picking, cross-docking, and warehouse workflows. Its Pivotal Command Center offers 24/7 remote fleet monitoring and teleoperation for logistics and warehouse operators.
Inven8 shared keywordsInven provides AI-powered workflows for investment and consulting firms to automatically generate company materials such as market maps, financial profiles, and competitive landscapes from structured data. The platform serves management consulting firms and investment professionals who need to produce analyst-ready documents and decks at scale.
Companies competing with Boost Robotics for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Boost Robotics do?
- Boost Robotics builds autonomous robots that inspect and maintain data center infrastructure. The company serves data center operators to ensure continuous facility operations.
- Who founded Boost Robotics?
- Boost Robotics was founded by Hardik Singh, Hans Kumar in 2025.
- Who are Boost Robotics's investors?
- Boost Robotics's investors include Y Combinator.
- Where is Boost Robotics headquartered?
- Boost Robotics is headquartered in Boston, US.