LinkedIn · Sep 2025
Mahimana Bhatt discussed open-sourcing 100 hours of excavator data collected on real construction sites.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Flywheel AI builds retrofit hardware and software for construction excavators that enables remote teleoperation, site safety improvements, and collection of real-world machine data for future autonomy.
Primary product
Retrofit teleoperation kit and software platform for remote excavator operation
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Construction robotics / heavy-equipment teleoperation
Offices
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Business model
Investors
Public evidence suggests a highly technical, robotics-focused startup culture centered on construction safety, operator flexibility, and robot learning.
Compensation
No public compensation data was found. A third-party profile suggested the company may use a hardware-plus-subscription model, but no salary or pay bands were publicly evidenced.
Pricing
Approximately $20,000 per retrofit kit plus about $6,000 per year for software subscriptions; also paid pilots and deployments.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
LinkedIn · Sep 2025
Mahimana Bhatt discussed open-sourcing 100 hours of excavator data collected on real construction sites.
LinkedIn / Y Combinator · Aug 2025
Y Combinator highlighted Flywheel AI’s remote teleoperation product and its value for managing multiple sites and improving safety.
YouTube · Aug 2025
Launch video describing remote control of excavators to improve safety and help crews manage work more efficiently.
Y Combinator
Official launch page describing the retrofit kit, remote teleoperation, and robot-learning dataset collection approach.
Hacker News
Launch discussion noting the company’s retrofit approach and public dataset release.