RoboticsContext
Robotics Context

Waddle Labs

Public facts, each with its source and the date it was true as of. Company-reported figures are labeled self-reported.

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Snapshot

  • What it is

    Detail
    LLMs that control robots[1]
    As of
    Nov 2026
  • Founded

    Detail
    2025[1]
    As of
    Nov 2026
  • Headquarters

    Detail
    San Francisco, California[1]
    As of
    Nov 2026
  • Leadership

    Detail
    Hanming Ye and Yiding Song[1]
    As of
    Nov 2026
  • Employees

    Detail
    2[1]
    As of
    Nov 2026
  • Accelerator

    Detail
    Y Combinator, Summer 2026 batch[1]
    As of
    Nov 2026

Leadership

  • Founders

    Person and background
    Hanming Ye and Yiding Song[1]
    As of
    Nov 2026

Funding

  • Y Combinator

    Round
    Summer 2026 batch[1]
    Date
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Products and models

  • API access

    Detail
    Early-access API, launched Jul 27, 2026[2]
    As of
    Jul 2026
  • Agent API

    Detail
    Agents break a goal into subtasks and complete each one by viewing camera feeds, writing control code and calling models such as vision-language-action models (VLAs); the output is a program the user runs and revises by talking to the agents[3]Self-reported
    As of
    Jul 2026
  • Time to a working policy

    Detail
    "Create a working policy in 20 minutes": its launch post shows an agent going from a prompt to a working microswitch-insertion policy[3]Self-reported
    As of
    Jul 2026
  • Hardware and tasks shown

    Detail
    Says its agents work with any arms, grippers and camera setups without new data collection; the launch post shows tasks of its own choosing, among them inserting microswitches and a USB connector, handling a package on an xArm, and folding a t-shirt and a towel[3]Self-reported
    As of
    Jul 2026

Relationships

Investors

  • Y Combinator: Summer 2026 batch[1]

Recent moves

  • Jul 27, 2026

    Move
    Launched an early-access API for agents that write robot control programs[2]

Sources

  1. Y Combinator: Waddle Labs company page
  2. Runtime Wire: Waddle Labs launches AI agents that write control code for robots (Jul 2026)
  3. Waddle Labs: Introducing Waddle, agents that control robots (Jul 2026)