Olympian Motors

In a fleet-centric world where everything is delivered to your doorstep, cost-per-mile and uptime are all that matter. Vehicles will be driving more miles and the decreased complexity of electric motors will fundamentally change the automotive service industry. ROBOTIRE will bring manufacturing-level automation to vehicle servicing. Tires are the perfect vertical to tackle first because they are future-proof (tires are going nowhere) and scale from luxury personal automobiles to freight-centric

shared extracted concept terms: automotive, industry; shared product terms: electric, vehicle, automotive, industry; shared product theme: climate and energy; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

We believe that the automotive industry will change more in the next five years than it has in the last 50. The gas station was invented in 1910 and has not changed substantially since then; traditional lube and mechanic shops have not evolved much either. To enable this industry transformation, the infrastructure required to fuel and service vehicles must evolve as well. Since the total spend for all fuel and maintenance can more than double the cost of ownership of a vehicle over its lifetime,

shared extracted concept terms: automotive, industry; shared product terms: vehicle, over, traditional, automotive; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle): open, modular, electric vehicle platforms allow new and existing car manufacturers to develop their own models saving up to two years of R&D and millions of dollars in investments. At the same time, it is a reference platform for mobility startups to embed and develop their technology on. Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is also developing “EDIT”, the first self-driving vehicle designed & engineered for services in white label, extremely modular & open. Fleets c

shared product terms: electric, vehicle, car, design; shared product theme: climate and energy; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Geopolitical conflicts and natural disasters frequently expose the vulnerability of the American chemical industry. The reason? Production is centralized and fossil fuel-dependent. The solution? Localized production using an undervalued resource: biogas. The US produces enough biogas to make over $20 bn/y worth of chemicals, but 60% is wasted in low-margin applications or flared altogether. Rise Reforming is commercializing a modular process to transform this underutilized biogas on-site into ch

shared extracted concept terms: industry, modular; shared product terms: over, industry, modular, production; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

1849 bio designs microbes enabling cheap metal extraction allowing miners to unlock value from low quality copper and gold ores. Surprisingly, the mining industry is one of the largest scale users of biotech in the world with biomining processes accounting for ~1% of global copper production. Biomining is ultra-low cost, running around ~$1/ton of ore vs ~$7/ton for conventional processes. Unfortunately, while biomining is cheap, it can’t be applied to over 80% of copper ores, leaving vast resour

shared extracted concept terms: industry; shared product terms: design, industry, production, cost; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

A platform to streamline the approval of packets of documents required in the automotive industry, known as PPAP, to validate production parts

shared extracted concept terms: automotive, industry; shared product terms: automotive, industry, production