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Vignesh Rajmohan
Co-founder and CTO, Pivot Robotics
Company

Based in
San Francisco, CA
Stage
Seed
Type
Founder
Vignesh Rajmohan is co-founder and CTO of Pivot Robotics, a San Francisco startup building AI vision software that lets industrial robots adapt to part variation on factory floors, starting with autonomous grinding for metal foundries. He previously optimized motion planning for robots at Google X, researched large language model applications for robotics at Carnegie Mellon's Atkeson Lab, and worked on manipulation systems at ABB. He met co-founder Siddharth Girdhar on their first day at Carnegie Mellon University. They founded Pivot Robotics in 2023 and joined Y Combinator's 2024 batch.
Company

Pivot Robotics
Pivot Robotics builds AI vision control software that lets off the shelf industrial robot arms automate finishing and inspection work in high mix manufacturing.
Founded
2023
Stage
Seed
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Investors
YC
Y Combinator
N
NuVentures
UV
Unpopular Ventures
FCC
Four Cities Capital
ECM
Eight Capital Management
PF
Pioneer Fund
1B
10 BOND
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