YC Summer 2026 (S26) founder

Eric Berndt

Founder of Tensr, Robotic factories that build robots

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Eric Berndt is listed as a founder of Tensr. Robotic factories that build robotics in the US. Currently operating a 12,000 sqft factory in the Bay Area and actively manufacturing customer orders for some of the largest robotics companies in the US and the International Space Station. We’re a group of Berkeley graduate robotics researchers who previously won a full scale autonomous IndyCar competition at 160mph.

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    Robotic factory building robots.

    Robotic factory building robots. We're running a 12,000 sqft factory manufacturing everything from full humanoids to robots for the International Space Station. Industrial automation is far more than robotic grasping models. It's supply chain, logistics, design iteration,

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    Hello world :)

    Hello world :)

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    Tensr is autonomously manufacturing in the Bay Area for robotics labs as we speak :)

    Tensr is autonomously manufacturing in the Bay Area for robotics labs as we speak :)