Hub (YC X26) — Real-world training data for frontier AI labs and robotics
Hub is a multimodal lab providing real world data to frontier labs and robotic companies.
Hub is a Y Combinator company in the Spring 2026 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Real-world training data for frontier AI labs and robotics. The founders listed are Armin Kiani (Founder/CEO), Tim Sprecher (Founder/COO) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 13, 2026).
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Hub · Capturing Physical Experience for Embodied AI
Hub collects egocentric data in commercial and residential environments to train world models and embodied AI. Explore egocentric datasets or discuss your data requirements.
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Armin Kiani
Founder/CEO
CS & robotics.
Microsoft Innovation Award, 2020.
Worked at Freedelity, Belgium's largest consumer-data platform.
speeding embodied agi with hub.xyz
Tim Sprecher
Founder/COO
Co-founder @ Hub, real-world training data for frontier labs.
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