​RoboHacks @ YC Office

​The first Robotics Hackathon at the YCombinator office.

​One weekend to build applications on a general-purpose robot across manipulation, navigation and interaction.

​Hosted by Innate (YC F24), Iterate, Deepmind, Scale AI (and more more) this event brings together 120 builders using 25 MARS robots. This Hackathon is the opportunity to build something hard and get ready for the future. The physical world is about to be unlocked.

​Prizes include robots, cash, credits and YC interviews

​April 11-12 2026

• ​Day 1 (9AM–late): Kickoff, hacking, mentorship

• ​Day 2 (until 7PM): Final builds, demos, judging, awards

​Speakers

• ​Kevin Murphy - NASA Chief AI Officer

• ​To Be Announced - Famous Robot Learning Researcher

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​Sponsors

• ​Innate - open-source personal AI robots that anyone can teach, customize, and build on - bringing physical AI into the hands of every developer.
  

• ​DeepMind - frontier AI research turning scientific breakthroughs into real-world solutions, from protein folding to reinforcement learning.
  

• ​Scale AI - data infrastructure that powers the most capable AI models, from labeling to evaluation at enterprise scale.
  

• ​Nebius - full-stack AI cloud built for teams that need serious GPU compute without the overhead of hyperscalers.
  

• ​MiniMax - frontier AI lab building state-of-the-art multimodal models covering text, image, video and audio generation, with a strong focus on long-context reasoning and agent capabilities.
  

• ​Dryft - agentic AI that replaces the ERP playbook, automating complex operational decisions across manufacturing in real time.
  

• ​ElevenLabs - AI-powered audio platform that turns text into ultra-realistic speech and voice agents for creators, developers, and businesses.
  

• ​Palatial - cloud platform that lets developers stream interactive 3D environments directly in the browser.
  

• ​UFB - UFB is the sports league for humanoid robots. We merge sport, entertainment, and physical AI into a new kind of spectacle, turning robotics into mainstream culture.
  

• ​Qualia Studios - developer studio building immersive simulation environments and synthetic data pipelines to train and evaluate embodied AI and robotics systems.
  

• ​Prisma X - AI platform specializing in computer vision and spatial intelligence, helping robots and autonomous systems understand and interact with their physical environment.
  

• ​Iterate - solving talent allocation by hosting World-class Hackathons. agents for creators, developers, and businesses.

​Prizes

• ​$15k+ in cash, credits, robots and special prizes

• ​Guaranteed YC Interview

​Attendance

• ​120 hackers

• ​exclusive guests & researchers from NASA and robotics companies in the bay

​​In-Person Attendance: All team members must be physically present at the YC Office for the duration of the Hackathon. Remote participation is not permitted.

​Food and drinks provided throughout the weekend