James Emerick
FounderCo-founder, CEO at Cosmic Robotics
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedCosmic Robotics Β· YC
About
James Emerick is a mechanical engineer with graduate training from the University of Pennsylvania who has worked as a robotics engineer at Built Robotics developing autonomous earthmoving systems and as a research engineer at Autodesk Research focused on construction platforms. He is co-founder and CEO of Cosmic Robotics.
James Emerick @jamesaemerick
this is what today's cosmic-1 crews look like from above. the robot handles the heavy lifting, one person to oversee operations, 1-2 craft for securing the panels to the racks. humans and robots working together to build our energy infrastructure https://t.co/VwPfjp59fT
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 15 Β· β 1
James Emerick @jamesaemerick
speaking of naming - our first units were all named after the robots in Interstellar. this is the very first: TARS https://t.co/HDiO9g5Xhg https://t.co/B7vd7LHUBd
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 13
James Emerick @jamesaemerick
seeing a lot of hardware optimism on the timeline today. love to see it
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 7
Co-founder, CEO at Cosmic RoboticsYC S26
Intro paths
James went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Cosmic Robotics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, James can intro founders to Cosmic Robotics's investors below.
Cosmic Robotics's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Cosmic Robotics
Experience
- Cosmic RoboticsCo-founder & CEOcurrent2023 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- Autodesk ResearchRobotics Research Engineer2022 β 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- Built RoboticsRobotics Engineer2018 β 2022
- Blue Danube SystemsMechanical Engineer2015 β 2018Warren, NJ
Education
- University of PennsylvaniaMaster of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
- University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Skills & more
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EngineeringResearchDistributed SystemsMechanical EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentMachiningCAN busManufacturing3D PrintingData AnalysisCADMetal Fabrication- Stanford Machine Learning β Coursera
- IBM Data Science Professional Certificate β Coursera
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Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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University of Pennsylvania mafia157
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Built Robotics mafia4
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Same school
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