Almond (YC X25) — A dual-arm robot built for physical AI
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Almond is a Y Combinator company in the Spring 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: A dual-arm robot built for physical AI. The founders listed are Saba Khalilnaji (Founder/CEO), Shawn Patel (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, April 23, 2025).
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A dual-arm robot for builders working on physical AI. Designed for real work, ready out of the box.
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