Justin So
Founder of Sidekick, AI agent that manages manufacturing operations over text
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Justin So is listed as a founder of Sidekick. Sidekick is an AI agent that runs custom manufacturing operations over text. Workers text a problem, photo, video, or voice memo and get an answer from the shop's own documents. It reads live machine data and acts on its own: flagging issues before they become downtime, opening and routing work orders, and placing purchase orders. No app, no login. These shops run on tribal knowledge: a handful of veterans know how every job is set up, and they are retiring. Sidekick learns from every message it handles, so answers outlive the people who gave them, and shops run 15% more jobs with the same crew. Sidekick captures it as a byproduct of the work, in an industry that was never documented.
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Sidekick (S26) just passed $38K MRR.
Sidekick (S26) just passed $38K MRR. Double last month. Here's how it works: your team texts a number. Work orders, answers, escalations – all handled. No app. No login. No training.
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Sidekick (YC S26) handles frontline operations over text – no app, no login, no training.
Sidekick (YC S26) handles frontline operations over text – no app, no login, no training. On a factory floor, the answer to almost every question already exists. It's just not reachable: → In a binder on a shelf three departments away → In a supervisor's head, and he's on the
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Sidekick just launched on @ycombinator's Launch YC! Sidekick: AI agent that handles frontline operations over text.
Sidekick just launched on @ycombinator's Launch YC! Sidekick: AI agent that handles frontline operations over text. Check them out: https://t.co/WrOZ5gJZmc
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Nobody on a factory floor wants another app.
Nobody on a factory floor wants another app. So Sidekick @sidekicks26 doesn't have one. Your team texts it on whatever they already use. SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, KakaoTalk. It answers like a coworker who's read every SOP, every work order, and the live machine data. What that
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Most maintenance software waits for someone to file a ticket.
Most maintenance software waits for someone to file a ticket. Sidekick (S26) @sidekicks26 watches the PLC data through SCADA, and the moment something goes wrong it texts the right person on shift – before it turns into real downtime. No app. No login. No manager in the middle.