Muse gadgets are open source devices you build yourself. Program an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or set up a Raspberry Pi with our SDKs, then connect Muse to your displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and whatever else you’ve got lying on your workbench.

Open Source Hardware

30 Sept

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Hundred launches at YC (Fall 2026)

100% automated inspection for consumer electronics parts

Hard-Tech Hardware Machine-Learning YC Computer-Vision Industrial+1 more

22 Sept

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Cyclon launches at YC (Fall 2026)

a phone where AI is the interface

Hardware Consumer AI YC

31 Aug

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

Frontier Computing launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Frontier grows scalable biological brains as an ML training substrate

Artificial-Intelligence Hard-Tech Hardware YC Industrials

24 Aug

Cool Company Raises · $6.0M

Light Links raises a $6.0M Pre-Seed round

Light Links is an optical wireless communication company that has developed Wi-OW™, a technology that replaces traditional radio communication with invisible infrared light. Their solutions aim to enhance mission-critical networks in sectors such as industrial automation and defense. The company is focused on scaling production and expanding deployments. Light Links is backed by notable investors in the dual-use and defense-tech sectors.

Hardware Satellite-Communication Wireless Crosscourt Mana Output Capital+3 more

18 Aug

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

Hilstart launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Autonomous Hardware Testing

Developer-Tools Hardware Industrials YC

13 Aug

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

Dream launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Pocket-sized AI cameras that catch asset damage.

Artificial-Intelligence Hardware Machine-Learning YC Computer-Vision B2B

12 Aug

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

DeepReach Inc. launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Real-world data network for robots & world models

Artificial-Intelligence Hardware Machine-Learning YC Robotics Computer-Vision+1 more

11 Aug

Cool Company Raises · YC F26

Hemlock launches at YC (Fall 2026)

Force-sensing wristband for training robotic AI

Hard-Tech Hardware Industrials YC

2 Aug

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

IMPACT Drones launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Air defense as a Service.

Hardware Drones Swarm-Robotics YC AI Industrials

29 Jul

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

Stoa launches at YC (Summer 2026)

The market behind AI hardware.

Fintech Hardware Marketplace YC Infrastructure AI

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

Kara launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Making diamond an engineering material

Hardware B2B Manufacturing YC Advanced-Materials Industrials

28 Jul

Cool Company Raises · YC S26

Applied Electrodynamics, Inc. launches at YC (Summer 2026)

A new kind of camera that can see through walls.

Hard-Tech Hardware Construction YC Manufacturing Defense+1 more

Cool Company Raises · $620.0M

Agility Robotics raises a $620.0M round

Headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon, Agility Robotics makes robots that are made for work. Agility marries design, software, and hardware to build robots capable of doing limitless tasks as part of a blended human-robot workforce. For more information about how Agility is innovating today to create a better tomorrow, visit agilityrobotics.com and follow @agilityrobotics on Twitter.

Other Manufacturing Hardware Churchill Capital Corp Xi $100M+Software+1 more

21 Jul

Cool Company Raises · $1.2B

AST SpaceMobile raises a $1.2B round

This entity holds certain S-Band ITU priority rights to MSS frequencies for use in low Earth orbit. The rights facilitate the provision of mobile satellite services across various spectrum bands. Further details about the entity are not specified in the text.

Information-Technology Hardware Mobile $100M+Satellite-Communication

20 Jul

Cool Company Raises · YC S26