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Verne Robotics

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AI models that teach robots new skills in hours

Summer 2025Founded 20256 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

About

We build AI models for controlling robot arms, enabling them to learn new skills in just hours. Our robots help businesses cut costs by automating back-of-house tasks with an innovative pay-by-the-hour business model. Our customers include a biotech unicorn, a leading biotech non-profit, and a direct to consumer apparel brand.

Founders ยท 2

Neil Nie
Neil NieFounder

Co-founder and CEO of Verne Robotics (S25)

Aditya Jha
Aditya JhaFounder
MicrosoftCornell

Co-founder and CPO of Verne Robotics (S25) Previously: Cornell, Microsoft, writing poetry, running marathons

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator ยท Jul 2025
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The Robots of the Future, Arriving Today

Verne Robotics releases Nemo3, a drop-in autonomous bimanual robot arm capable of learning new tasks from brief tele-operation data and deploying within days for tasks such as packaging and sorting. The product targets manufacturing, logistics, biotech, and CPG industries with an hourly-pay business model that reduces capex while enabling rapid automation deployment.

Formerly โ€œVerne Labsโ€

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