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.
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
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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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Emerick?
- 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.
- Where does James Emerick work?
- James Emerick is Co-founder, CEO of Cosmic Robotics.
- What companies did James Emerick found?
- James Emerick founded Cosmic Robotics.
- Where did James Emerick go to school?
- James Emerick studied at University of Pennsylvania (Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics); University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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