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Hemanth Sarabu

Founder

Founder at One Robot

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedOne Robot · YC

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215 people in our graph share verified history with Hemanth — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Brando De CourtenunlockedHemanth: together at Georgia Institute of Technology (2016–2019)
Hemanth: together at Industrial Next
×3Hemanth: together at Georgia Institute of Technology
Hemanth: together at Georgia Tech Research Institute

About

Hemanth Sarabu previously held roles in robot learning and perception at Industrial Next, Symbio Robotics, NASA JPL, and Google, and founded and bootstrapped geospatial AI company Crescer AI to profitability. He is currently working on machine learning and world models for robotics at One Robot.

Founder at One RobotYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Hemanth went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran One Robot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Hemanth can intro founders to One Robot's investors below.

One Robot's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at One Robot

ESElton Shon
Elton ShonFounder

Experience

  1. One Robot (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
  2. Crescer AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  3. Crescer AIPartner2023 — 2025
  4. Industrial Next (YC W22)Head of Artificial Intelligence2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  5. Industrial Next (YC W22)Senior Machine Learning Engineer2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  6. GoogleSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Symbio RoboticsSenior Machine Learning Engineer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  8. NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryVisiting Researcher2019 — 2020
  9. NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJPL Graduate Research Fellow2019Pasadena, CA
  10. Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch Assistant, Robot Learning Lab2018 — 2019Greater Atlanta Area
  11. Georgia Tech Research InstituteResearch Assistant2018 — 2019Atlanta
  12. Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch Assistant, Fluid Mechanics Research Lab2016 — 2018Atlanta
  13. Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch Assistant, Complex Fluids Modelling and Simulation Lab2016 — 2017Atlanta
  14. NIOSimulation2017San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Crescer EngineeringFounder2015 — 2016Manchester, England, United Kingdom
  16. McLaren Automotive LtdSimulation2014 — 2015Woking, United Kingdom
  17. Mercedes-Benz IndiaDiagnostics Intern2012Hyderabad, India
  18. Butterfly Edufields Pvt. Ltd.Intern2008 — 2010Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Skills & more

Matlab17Python1C++PyTorchFortran 951C++ Language1LinuxPython (Programming Language)PerceptionImage SegmentationArtificial Intelligence (AI)Object Detection
+12 moreOptimizationRoboticsMachine LearningComputer VisionResearch and Development (R&D)ResearchROSOpenCVSensor FusionDeep LearningMobile RoboticsReinforcement Learning

Languages English · Hindi · Telugu

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Hemanth Sarabu?
Hemanth Sarabu previously held roles in robot learning and perception at Industrial Next, Symbio Robotics, NASA JPL, and Google, and founded and bootstrapped geospatial AI company Crescer AI to profitability. He is currently working on machine learning and world models for robotics at One Robot.
Where does Hemanth Sarabu work?
Hemanth Sarabu is Founder of One Robot.
What companies did Hemanth Sarabu found?
Hemanth Sarabu founded One Robot.
Where did Hemanth Sarabu go to school?
Hemanth Sarabu studied at Y Combinator; Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computational Science and Engineering); Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering).

Founder mafias

Industrial Next mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Elton ShonHead of Software EngineeringFounded One Robot

Symbio Robotics mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Hany NadaBoard MemberFounded ACME Capital

Same school

Shared employers

Also worked at One Robot (YC W26)1

Elton ShonFounder at One Robot