About
Janak Panthi is completing a PhD in Robotics at UT Austin and serves as co-founder and CTO of Salem Robotics Inc. He has six years of industry experience in product development and deployment of quadruped robots in nuclear environments, and prior military service with the US Army.
Founder at Salem Robotics IncYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Janak went through Y Combinator (Summer 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 Salem Robotics Inc's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Janak can intro founders to Salem Robotics Inc's investors below.
Salem Robotics Inc's investors · 1
Co-founders at Salem Robotics Inc
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Caleb HoranFounder