YCW26ยท DevtoolsFern
RL environments for robotics companies
Founders
- Amit YadavFounder/CEO
- Robert XuFounder
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About Fern
Fern provides RL environments for robotics companies powered by a foundational world model. Companies can plug and play their robot policies completely in software with varying starting scenes of their production environment, and we'll produce RL heads on top of your existing policies to improve speed and success rate. Our customers get a continual learning flywheel where their production robots improve every week.
Fern: questions
Which YC batch was Fern in?
Fern was in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch (W26).
Is Fern still active?
Y Combinator lists Fern as active.
Who founded Fern?
Fern's founders, as listed on its YC page: Amit Yadav (Founder/CEO), Robert Xu (Founder).
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