Y Combinator-backed Nines Robotics launches autonomous robots for AI data centers
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-14
Taerim Han and Tianxi Li announced the launch of Nines Robotics, reposted by Y Combinator. The startup builds autonomous robots for AI data centers.
Their thesis: AI currently optimizes itself only in software. By building the automation layer for server rooms, they aim to create the world's first fully software-defined, physically adaptive AI factory — letting agentic AI autonomously manage, manipulate, and optimize its own physical hardware stack.
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