Cosmic Robotics

Construction · Construction Robotics
5open roles
4backers · Y Combinator, Multimodal Ventures
Scaling fasthiring pace, 75 of 100
$150kgrants · 1 grant · CORDIS

Overview

Cosmic Robotics builds robotic equipment for autonomous construction of critical infrastructure, starting with solar farms and data centers. Its Cosmic-1 system installs solar panels ten times faster than current methods, and it hires forward deployed, electrical and mechanical engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Funding and backers

Team
7
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
6
+2 posted in 30 days
Grants
$150k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
4
Y Combinator, Multimodal Ventures
Momentum
13/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 2026 Went through Y Combinator Sep 23, 2025 Won a grant $150k · CORDIS 2019 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.15%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant Sep 2025 $150k — CORDIS
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Jobs

In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Master's Degree · San Francisco
Python
C++
TensorRT
Gaussian Splatting
CUDA
Robotics
Isaac Sim
Localization
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≈ $73k – $132k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · San Francisco
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≈ $138k – $255k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · San Francisco
Python
C++
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≈ $121k – $253k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · San Francisco
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
75/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
5
2 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
42 days
faster than 32% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
29% ▼
Solutions
29% ▼
Backend
14% ▲
Hardware
14% ▼
Field & Service
14% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added TensorRT to stack Nov 2026
Added Localization to stack Nov 2026
Added Isaac Sim to stack Nov 2026
Added Gaussian Splatting to stack Nov 2026
Added CUDA to stack Nov 2026

Financials

Total raised
$150k
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2025 $150k Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Cosmic Robotics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
9
Postings analysed
5
Stack modernity
71/100AI adopter
Languages
C++
Python
Frameworks & libraries
CUDA
AI & ML
Gaussian Splatting
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Full Cosmic Robotics tech stack 9 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Connections

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Shared investors4
HCVCVia a fund
53 portfolio companies: Hivebrite, Flic, Prynt and 50 more
128 portfolio companies: Wand AI, Zerodrift, Taphero and 125 more
172 portfolio companies: Q-Factor, FundPanel, RDV Robotics and 169 more
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco United States
HQ
4 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend, Hardware, Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026 job postings