YCW26ยท AIHuman Archive
Physical AI data lab
Founders
- Raj PatelFounder/CEO
- Rushil AgarwalFounder
- Samay MainiFounder
- Shloke PatelFounder
Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
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StableBrowseX26Building the Data Infrastructure layer for Physical AI.Shared: physical, dataActive
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About Human Archive
Human Archive (YC W26) is building the data and deployments infrastructure for physical AI. We design hardware, deploy cameras and sensors globally, and train models that help AI better understand how humans interact with the physical world. Leading frontier AI labs trust us for their video, sensor, robot deployment, image, and audio datasets. We have offices in SF, China, and India and are researchers from NYU GRAIL, UPenn GRASP, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Johns Hopkins Robotics, and national robotics champions. To get data, please reach out to raj@humanarchive.ai
San Francisco, CA, USA
Human Archive: questions
Which YC batch was Human Archive in?
Human Archive was in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch (W26).
Is Human Archive still active?
Y Combinator lists Human Archive as active.
Who founded Human Archive?
Human Archive's founders, as listed on its YC page: Raj Patel (Founder/CEO), Rushil Agarwal (Founder), Samay Maini (Founder), Shloke Patel (Founder).
Where is Human Archive based?
Human Archive lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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