About
Ilya Kelner is CTO and cofounder at Red Barn Robotics. He previously led flight software development at Relativity Space, where he designed fault-tolerant flight computer architecture and deployment systems, and held engineering roles at SpaceX (Starlink), Nvidia (autonomous vehicles), and Microsoft (Xbox).
Founder at Red Barn RoboticsYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Ilya went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Red Barn Robotics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ilya can intro founders to Red Barn Robotics's investors below.
Red Barn Robotics's investors · 3
Co-founders at Red Barn Robotics
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Adam IsemanFounder
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Alex NeffFounder