# Sensei Robotics

> Sensei Robotics (YC S24) is a San Francisco startup building the data layer for robot learning. It pairs a sub-$300 sensorized exoskeleton arm with a distributed network of trained human operators - 'Senseis' - who perform real-world manipulation demonstrations on demand. Robotics and AI teams submit a task like folding cloth or loading a dishwasher, and Sensei returns curated, labeled human-demonstration data. The company positions itself as 'the Scale AI for robotics training data,' claiming roughly a tenth of the cost and twice the speed of conventional teleoperation setups.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Anubhav Guha (Co-Founder & CEO), John Piotti (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** 2-5
- **Products:** Sensorized exoskeleton arm, Sensei data platform, Operator network ('Senseis')
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch., Publicly launched via YC with the positioning 'Scale AI for robotics training data.', Developed a sub-$300 sensorized exoskeleton arm for demonstration capture.

## Products & services

- **Sensorized exoskeleton arm** — A low-cost (under $300) wearable teleoperation device with angle, vision, and inertial sensors that lets an operator intuitively capture accurate visuo-spatial demonstration data through a natural range of motion.
- **Sensei data platform** — A software platform - described as 'Scale AI for robotics' - where robotics and AI companies submit bespoke task requests (e.g., cloth folding, bin sorting, dishwasher loading) and receive curated, labeled human-demonstration datasets.
- **Operator network ('Senseis')** — A trained, distributed network of paid human operators who perform demonstrations in diverse, in-the-wild settings using the wearable, generating varied training data on demand.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.
- Publicly launched via YC with the positioning 'Scale AI for robotics training data.'
- Developed a sub-$300 sensorized exoskeleton arm for demonstration capture.
- Claims roughly 10x lower cost and 2x faster data collection versus conventional teleoperation.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Launched publicly through Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.
- **2024-09** — Pre-seed funding round recorded on Crunchbase.

## Links

- Website: https://senseirobotics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sensei-robotics-yc-s24

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