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Talos

YC F26

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

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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.

Also known as Talos Analytics, Inc.

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 KohliCo-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 HwangCo-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 MuskuCOOShe has conducted AI research with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern.

Investors · 7

a16z cryptoreportedMenlo Park

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Andreessen HorowitzreportedMenlo Park · $500K – $50M

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Fidelity InvestmentsreportedBoston

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Karatagereported

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RobinhoodreportedMenlo Park

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$45M disclosed across 1 round · 2026

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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.