Encord
Encord is the data layer for physical AI. We're how the world's most ambitious AI teams turn messy, multimodal data into production systems - from humanoid robots to autonomous vehicles to smart infrastructure. 300+ teams including Toyota, Skydio, and Maxar rely on Encord to curate, manage, and align the data their models actually need. $110M raised. San Francisco, New York, and London.
Y Combinator
yc-company-directory #4606Encord is the data layer for physical AI. We're how the world's most ambitious AI teams turn messy, multimodal data into production systems - from humanoid robots to autonomous vehicles to smart infrastructure. 300+ teams including Toyota, Skydio, and Maxar rely on Encord to curate, manage, and align the data their models actually need. $110M raised. San Francisco, New York, and London.
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shared extracted concepts: physical ai; shared product terms: autonomou, need, re, physical; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
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shared extracted concepts: physical ai; shared product terms: system, physical; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
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match 8Other company.
shared product terms: skydio