# Zakariea Sharfeddine

> Zakariea Sharfeddine is the co-founder and CEO of InLoop Robotics (YC P26), a startup building AI-native warehouse fulfillment powered by robotic arms you hire by the month. A KIT-trained informatics engineer who did machine learning work at Bosch and BMW and reinforcement learning research at RoboTUM, he now leads a team deploying bimanual robots that pack, kit, and fulfill orders, with remote human operators stepping in on edge cases so the line never stops.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at InLoop Robotics
- **Organizations:** InLoop Robotics, RoboTUM, BMW Group, Bosch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Informatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- **Known for:** Co-founded InLoop Robotics and leads it as CEO, Selected for Y Combinator's Spring 2026 (P26) batch, Company backed by Y Combinator and Nvidia Inception

## Career timeline

- **2020** — Begins B.Sc. in Informatics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- **2020-2024** — Works on machine learning across Bosch, BMW, KIT and KITec
- **2024** — Completes informatics degree at KIT
- **2025** — Works as reinforcement learning and humanoid robotics engineer at RoboTUM in Munich
- **2026** — Co-founds InLoop Robotics; company joins Y Combinator's Spring 2026 (P26) batch and raises a seed round

## Achievements

- Co-founded InLoop Robotics and leads it as CEO
- Selected for Y Combinator's Spring 2026 (P26) batch
- Company backed by Y Combinator and Nvidia Inception
- Raised a $130k seed round (reported)
- Got paid robotic pilots running live in customer warehouses
- Machine learning experience at Bosch and BMW
- Reinforcement learning and humanoid robotics research at RoboTUM

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — InLoop Robotics reported closing a seed round
- **2026** — InLoop Robotics launched publicly through Y Combinator with paid warehouse pilots live

## Links

- Website: https://inloop-robotics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zakariea-sharfeddine/

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Last updated: 2026-07-31