Where does Ryan Xie work?

Ryan Xie is Founder of Origami Robotics.

What companies did Ryan Xie found?

Ryan Xie founded Origami Robotics.

Where did Ryan Xie go to school?

Ryan Xie studied at University of Michigan (MS, Robotics and Autonomous System); Y Combinator (W26); StartX (Founder, S25).

Ryan Xie

Founder

Founder at Origami Robotics

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedOrigami Robotics · YC

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721 people in our graph share verified history with Ryan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Ryan Xie has founded multiple hardware companies and currently works on physical AI applications.

Founder at Origami Robotics YC W26

Intro paths

Ryan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — 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 — the partner who ran Origami Robotics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ryan can intro founders to Origami Robotics's investors below.

Origami Robotics's investors · 2

Fifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Origami Robotics

Quanting(Daniel) xieFounder

Experience

Origami Robotics (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Ground RoboticsCo-Founder & CEO2024 — 2026Newark, CA
CanvasRobotics Software Engineer2022 — 2023旧金山湾区

Skills & more

Robot Operating System (ROS)3Computer-Aided Design (CAD)2STM321C++5Python (Programming Language)4Embedded Systems3ESP321Arduino

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ryan Xie?: Ryan Xie has founded multiple hardware companies and currently works on physical AI applications.
Where does Ryan Xie work?: Ryan Xie is Founder of Origami Robotics.
What companies did Ryan Xie found?: Ryan Xie founded Origami Robotics.
Where did Ryan Xie go to school?: Ryan Xie studied at University of Michigan (MS, Robotics and Autonomous System); Y Combinator (W26); StartX (Founder, S25).

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Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Eben BayerBSFounded Atlast Food +3 Jason EichenholzB.S.Founded AireHealth +2 Per HellsundMS ManagementFounded Cybrexa Holding +2 Evan ReiserBSFounded Abnormal Security +1 Sean CreeleyBSFounded Podsights +1 Abhishek ChopraMaster of Engineering - MEngFounded BQP +1

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Also attended University of Michigan1,046

Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; founder of Turpentine Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista Capital Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America Scott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital Zach PoleyPartner and Chief Technology Officer at Clear Ventures Tom DanilekPartner, Rise of the Rest Real Estate at Revolution

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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

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James WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures Tim HsiaFounder at Context Ventures Andrew RadinInvestor at Inception Studio Capital Qi WangAssociate at DCM Ventures Simon ChanManaging Partner at FirsthandVC Lawrence GentilelloFounder/Board Director at Screenleap

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Shared employers

Also worked at Origami Robotics (YC W26)2

Alex VidyukInvestor at Beyond Earth Ventures Quanting(Daniel) XieFounder at Origami Robotics

Also worked at Canvas3

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Founder at Origami RoboticsYC W26

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Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

University of Michigan mafia339

StartX mafia86

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute mafia81

Same school

Also attended University of Michigan1,046

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Also attended StartX32

Also attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute205

Shared employers

Also worked at Origami Robotics (YC W26)2

Also worked at Canvas3

Founder at Origami Robotics YC W26