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Stepan Feduniak

Founder

Founder at InLoop Robotics

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

FoundedInLoop Robotics · YC

About

Stepan Feduniak conducted robot learning research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Technical University of Munich, focusing on vision-language-action models and reinforcement learning. He has a background in mathematics competition.

Founder at InLoop RoboticsYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Stepan 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran InLoop Robotics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Stepan can intro founders to InLoop Robotics's investors below.

InLoop Robotics's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at InLoop Robotics

ZSZakariea Sharfeddine
Zakariea SharfeddineFounder

Experience

  1. InLoop Robotics (YC P26)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2026 — presentMunich
  2. Learning Systems and Robotics LabResearch2025 — 2026Munich
  3. RoboTUMMember2025 — 2026Munich
  4. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Research Assistant2025Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Skills & more

Reinforcement Learning1Computer Vision1PyTorch2LeRobot3VLA Models4Imitation Learning3Generative Models1Self-supervised learning1Foundation Models1Mathematics olympiads participation1

Languages English · German · Russian · Ukrainian

  • Generative AI with Diffusion Models — NVIDIA
  • Deep Learning Specialization — DeepLearning.AI

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Stepan Feduniak?
Stepan Feduniak conducted robot learning research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Technical University of Munich, focusing on vision-language-action models and reinforcement learning. He has a background in mathematics competition.
Where does Stepan Feduniak work?
Stepan Feduniak is Founder of InLoop Robotics.
What companies did Stepan Feduniak found?
Stepan Feduniak founded InLoop Robotics.
Where did Stepan Feduniak go to school?
Stepan Feduniak studied at Y Combinator; Technical University of Munich (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (Studienkolleg, Feststellungsprüfung).

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