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Talos

YC F26

Baltimore, US · Founded 2026 · 3 employees · 7 known investors

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580 people in our graph share verified history with the Talos team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry Tanunlockedknows Amitav Kohli · together at Y Combinator (overlapped)
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Talos builds non-invasive, magnet-mounted sensors that continuously monitor critical power equipment such as large transformers, detecting vibration, magnetic/EMF, temperature, and humidity anomalies to flag potential faults early. It identifies where a problem occurs on a 3D view of the machine and gives maintenance teams alerts explaining what changed and what steps to take before mechanical failures occur.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergyHardwareIoTDeep LearningUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (F26)

Talos was founded in 2026 by Amitav Kohli, Kevin Hwang, and Himani Musku.

AKAmitav Kohli
Amitav KohliinCo-founder · CEOAmitav Kohli is the founder and CEO of Talos and an Electrical and Computer Engineering student at Carnegie Mellon University, where he designs power systems for disaster response snake robots in the Biorobotics Lab. He previously interned at Constellation Energy on power engineering and predictive maintenance systems.
KHKevin Hwang
Kevin HwanginCo-FounderHe was an undergraduate researcher at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he built transformer-based foundation models for physiological waveforms using over 100 TB of ICU data, and has published research on few-shot GPT-4 prompting for question generation; he holds a BS in Computer Science and Applied Math from Johns Hopkins.
HMHimani Musku
Himani MuskuinFounder/COOShe has conducted AI research with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern.

Investors · 7

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
a16z cryptoreportedMenlo Park
Andreessen HorowitzreportedMenlo Park · $500K – $50M
Fidelity InvestmentsreportedBoston
Karatagereported
RobinhoodreportedMenlo Park

Also in the syndicate · 1

Sony

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$45M disclosed across 1 round · 2026

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

In the news

Why Talos Energy Inc.’s (TALO) Stock Is Up 5.01% | AAIIaaii.com · Aug 2026Talos Energy Q2 2026 slides: record cash flow funds deepwater expansion By Investing.cominvesting.com · Aug 2026Talos Raises $45M Series B Extension Backed by a16z - Ventureburnventureburn.com · Jan 2026Talos Reaches $1.5B Valuation on $150M Series B with Robinhood, Sony Participationfinance.yahoo.com · Jan 2026Talos Extends Series B to $150M in Strategic Fundraiseprnewswire.com · Jan 2026Talos Raises $45M Series B Extension Backed by Robinhood, Bringing Total Funding to $150Mfinance.yahoo.com · Jan 2026

Frequently asked questions

What does Talos do?
Talos builds non-invasive, magnet-mounted sensors that continuously monitor critical power equipment such as large transformers, detecting vibration, magnetic/EMF, temperature, and humidity anomalies to flag potential faults early. It identifies where a problem occurs on a 3D view of the machine and gives maintenance teams alerts explaining what changed and what steps to take before mechanical failures occur.
Who founded Talos?
Talos was founded by Amitav Kohli, Kevin Hwang, Himani Musku in 2026.
Who are Talos's investors?
Talos's investors include Y Combinator, a16z crypto, Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Investments, Karatage, Robinhood.
How much funding has Talos raised?
Talos has disclosed $45M raised across 1 round.
Where is Talos headquartered?
Talos is headquartered in Baltimore, US.