Kyten Technologies

Kyten is building a factory to manufacture custom aerospace-grade battery packs. YC W26.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Legends @JensenHuang @bcherny @sdianahu

Startup School is so special

[Blake Scholl 🛫 @bscholl]

Experts: jet engines are so complicated only a handful of gigantic companies can make them
Boom team:

[Blake Scholl 🛫 @bscholl]

The current @ycombinator batch is very impressive. Almost half the founders are building hardware.

Back in my batch there were only 3 deep tech companies - @boomsupersonic, @Astranis and @relativityspace.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon 9 launches from pad 40 in Florida

[Aaron Slodov @aphysicist]

https://t.co/lQn2uxoV0S

[Danny Chepenko @kidrulit]

non-consumer hardware represents ~15% of @ycombinator W26
hard-tech is back.

spacetech:
@axionorbital - Foundation models for 24/7 Earth Observation
@constspace - AI for space mission assurance
@gru_space - Building the first hotel on the Moon
@KytenTech - Custom battery packs for aerospace vehicles

defense:
@DroneTector Detect and track hostile drones
@S2_INC AI Drone Systems for Defence

robotics:
@GrazeMateInc Robot cowboys mustering cattle with AI drones
@Servo7Robotics Autonomous Warehouse Robots

manufacturing:
@DAIVIN_TECH Tankless dive gear for breath autonomy
@AurorinCAD Modern CAD for mechanical engineers
@SquidEnergy AI-powered grid planning

imo the most significant impact of YC's industrial push is drawing elite talent away from building another outbound tool or trading corn derivatives at a hedge fund and getting them excited about automating manufacturing again.

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

.@KytenTech is building a factory to manufacture aerospace-grade battery packs.

At Starlink, the co-founders put 5,000+ battery packs into space. Now they're powering the 100K+ autonomous vehicles coming to the air, sea, and space.

Congrats on the launch @CooperKMcBride & @maddox_lucas!

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