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Paul Beckers

Founder

Co-Founder at AquaShield

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAquaShield · YC

About

Paul Beckers is a robotics researcher from MIT who co-founded and leads AquaShield.

Co-Founder at AquaShieldYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Paul went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran AquaShield's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Paul can intro founders to AquaShield's investors below.

AquaShield's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at AquaShield

MBMarguerite Benoist
Marguerite BenoistCo-Founder

Experience

  1. AquaShield (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. MIT Schwarzman College of ComputingRobotics2025 — 2026Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. EnpalStrategic Projects2024Berlin, Germany
  4. Tsinghua UniversitySoft Robotics2023 — 2024Beijing, China
  5. Werkzeugmaschinenlabor, WZL der RWTH AachenComplexity & Prototyping2023Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Frequently asked questions

Who is Paul Beckers?
Paul Beckers is a robotics researcher from MIT who co-founded and leads AquaShield.
Where does Paul Beckers work?
Paul Beckers is Co-Founder of AquaShield.
What companies did Paul Beckers found?
Paul Beckers founded AquaShield.
Where did Paul Beckers go to school?
Paul Beckers studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Robotics Research (EMS Full Scholarship)); Tsinghua University (Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering (CSC Full Scholarship)); RWTH Aachen University (Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering & Business Administration (Ambassador Scholarship)).

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