About
Lucy Cai studied computer science and AI at MIT and conducted robotics research at MIT's LIS Lab. Previously, she held roles at SpaceX and Amazon Web Services.
Founder/CTO at Most RoboticYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Lucy went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Most Robotic's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Lucy can intro founders to Most Robotic's investors below.
Most Robotic's investors · 1
Co-founders at Most Robotic
CM
Claire MaoFounder/CEO
Experience
- InstanceCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Robotics Researchercurrent2025 — presentCambridge, MA
- Blackrock NeurotechBCI Software Intern2025Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineer Intern (Machine Learning)2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- SpaceXSoftware Engineer Intern2023Los Angelos, CA
- MIT Lincoln LaboratoryMachine Learning Intern with Active Optical Systems Group (106)2022 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT PRIMES (Program for Research in Math, Engineering, and Science)Math Researcher2019 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Research Science Institute (RSI)Math Researcher2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Research Project with Prof. Damin WuMath Researcher2019 — 2020Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT Space Telecommunications, Astronomy and Radiation LaboratoryComputer Science Intern2019Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Skills & more
Xilinx VivadoSystemVerilogField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)LangChainRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Prompt EngineeringNode.jsReact.jsMongoDBGrafanagRPCHTTP
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KubernetesAmazon BedrockContinuous Integration (CI)Large Language Models (LLM)LinuxBazelPython (Programming Language)LaTeXGitJavaScriptHTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)From Lucy's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lucy Cai?
- Lucy Cai studied computer science and AI at MIT and conducted robotics research at MIT's LIS Lab. Previously, she held roles at SpaceX and Amazon Web Services.
- Where does Lucy Cai work?
- Lucy Cai is Founder/CTO of Most Robotic.
- What companies did Lucy Cai found?
- Lucy Cai founded Most Robotic.
- Where did Lucy Cai go to school?
- Lucy Cai studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master's of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science in Computer Science); Phillips Exeter Academy (High School Diploma).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546
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Phillips Exeter Academy mafia28
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,387
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Shared employers
Also worked at Instance1
Also worked at Blackrock Neurotech4
Also worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS)270
Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesKen HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital PartnersEliya ElonInvestor at Notable Capital
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