ABB News Center · Apr 2026
ABB named MorphoAI a winner in its 2026 Startup Challenge, saying the company automates circuit breaker design and received $30k in collaboration funding for an ABB MVP pilot.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
MorphoAI is a New York-based, YC-backed deep-tech startup building AI-powered computational design software for robots and machines. Its platform turns parts, tasks, and constraints into verified manufacturable designs, CAD outputs, and BOMs in minutes. Public funding figures conflict across sources: LinkedIn shows $655k of disclosed funding, while company and YC materials also cite a £2.5M ARIA grant and other rounds.
Primary product
AI-powered computational design platform for robotics and machine engineering; hardware foundation models that plug into CAD
Founded
2024
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Desktop Computing Software Products
Sub-industry
AI-powered computational design software for robotics and machine engineering
16 jobs at MorphoAI
Offices
Business model
Stage
seed / grant-backed
Total raised
$655K
Latest round
Grant · Apr 2026
Latest amount
$30K
Apr 2026 · ABB
Jul 2025 · Y Combinator
May 2025
Mar 2025 · Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)
Jan 2024
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Head of Research
Vice President of Engineering
Investors
Research-heavy, technical, and customer-obsessed; the company emphasizes turning published research into product, shipping hardware-design tools faster, and serving robotics and automation customers.
Compensation
Public compensation data is limited. YC jobs listings showed London roles at £30K-£45K GBP for Chief of Staff and £40K-£110K GBP for a Founding Engineer role.
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be B2B enterprise software with pilot-based contracts.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
ABB News Center · Apr 2026
ABB named MorphoAI a winner in its 2026 Startup Challenge, saying the company automates circuit breaker design and received $30k in collaboration funding for an ABB MVP pilot.
HireTop · Jun 2025
A startup profile describing MorphoAI’s robot and machine design workflow, its AI/simulation/optimization pipeline, and early customer use cases.
LinkedIn (Ayna Arora) · May 2025
Ayna Arora announced MorphoAI’s YC X25 acceptance, described the product, and said the company was backed by ARIA’s £2.5M grant and Four Cities Capital.
Y Combinator · May 2025
YC’s launch page describes MorphoAI as an AI-powered platform for robotics and machine engineering, says it had two paying customers, and reiterates the ARIA grant.
Signalbase · May 2025
A funding writeup states MorphoAI raised $2.5M in non-dilutive UK government support and explains the robotics/computational-design use case.