About
Founder of Human Archive, a data collection platform that aggregates multimodal sensor data from thousands of contributors to support research in robotics and human movement understanding.
Founder at Human ArchiveYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Samay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner β the partner who ran Human Archive's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Samay can intro founders to Human Archive's investors below.
Human Archive's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Human Archive
Experience
- Human ArchiveCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Machine Learning at BerkeleyML2023 β 2025Berkeley, California, United States
- AmazonRobotics2025Palo Alto, CA
- Contoro RoboticsRobotics2024Austin, TX
- DJ SherDJ2019 β 2023Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Samay Maini?
- Founder of Human Archive, a data collection platform that aggregates multimodal sensor data from thousands of contributors to support research in robotics and human movement understanding.
- Where does Samay Maini work?
- Samay Maini is Founder of Human Archive.
- What companies did Samay Maini found?
- Samay Maini founded Human Archive.
- Where did Samay Maini go to school?
- Samay Maini studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)); Y Combinator (W26); Centennial High School (High School Diploma).
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