YC Summer 2026 (S26) founder

Brandon Ong

Founder of Hebbian Robotics, APIs for searching and analyzing Physical AI data at scale

Company

Brandon Ong is listed as a founder of Hebbian Robotics. We build APIs for searching and analyzing Physical AI data at scale, so providers have insight into the quality of their data, to sell more at higher prices. We enable data providers to get on-demand signals and metrics on the quality of their data, without managing infrastructure. Today, we help our customers evaluate data quality without training a robotics model.

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    Today we're launching Hebbian Robotics (YC S26) @hbr_pbc .

    Today we're launching Hebbian Robotics (YC S26) @hbr_pbc . We build APIs for evaluating data quality, without training a robotics model. Data vendors use our API to search and analyze Physical AI data at scale, getting on-demand quality signals and metrics without managing...

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    We get asked a lot why egocentric capture rigs are going stereo, so we thought we'd share our findings.

    We get asked a lot why egocentric capture rigs are going stereo, so we thought we'd share our findings. The first wave of collection was one RGB camera, 1080p, 30 FPS, the simplest setup that was good enough to get started with off-the-shelf hardware. With recent advancements...

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    The most insidious bugs in Physical AI aren't in your model.

    The most insidious bugs in Physical AI aren't in your model. They're in your data pipeline. Training data in Physical AI is rapidly growing in both size and complexity. It is no longer just time-synchronized video streams. Training payloads now carry hand positions, depth, and...

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    I asked @paulg today if the R&D nature of robotics and AI startups changes how we talk to customers.

    I asked @paulg today if the R&D nature of robotics and AI startups changes how we talk to customers. His reply: "I don't understand the question because customers buy things that don't exactly work all the time."

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    Dyna-2's headline, a scaling law with zero robot data and one million hours of human video, is a notable achievement.

    Dyna-2's headline, a scaling law with zero robot data and one million hours of human video, is a notable achievement. Sharing my interpretation of the implications and the nuances that come with it. Still putting the full picture together, but if you only read one section of

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    quality data smarter robots

    quality data smarter robots

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    we are The Boring Robotics Infrastructure Company

    we are The Boring Robotics Infrastructure Company

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    Over lunch on my last day at LionsBot, Dylan reshaped how I think about building enduring companies.

    Over lunch on my last day at LionsBot, Dylan reshaped how I think about building enduring companies. I went to him torn between starting @hbr_pbc and pursuing a PhD. He challenged my motivations for both, and told me to "learn how to make money first" before anyone else's