LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Zinny Weli said the team moved into its own lab space, is working closely with customers, and is advancing both the hardware and autonomy stack.
Enabling autonomous EV and AV depot operations
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
RoboDock is a 2025 San Francisco YC W26 robotics startup building autonomous depot automation for AV and EV fleets, with robots that plug in vehicles, verify charging, and run vehicle inspections. Public sources conflict on some company metrics: PitchBook/CB Insights show $500K raised, while a LinkedIn scrape shows $125K and 2 employees.
Primary product
Autonomous depot automation system for AV/EV charging and vehicle inspections
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Sub-industry
Autonomous depot operations / robotics for AV and EV fleet charging and inspection
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B enterprise robotics
hardware + software
fleet infrastructure automation
Funding
Stage
accelerator/incubator
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Accelerator/Incubator · Jan 2026
Latest amount
$500K
Jan 2026 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Investors
Work & culture
Public materials describe a small, fast-moving, hardware-first team that values pragmatic, realistic solutions, high ownership, and building physical systems.
Compensation
A YC job posting listed a Founding Robotics Engineer at $120K-$150K in San Francisco. No broader public benefits or equity policy was found.
Product & market
Differentiators
- —drop-in retrofit for existing depots and chargers
- —no depot layout changes or rebuilds
- —robotic plug-in/unplug
- —vision + thermal inspection
- —closed-loop self-improving operation
- —hardware-first autonomy
Technology
vision-guided alignment
thermal sensing
sensor fusion
real-time inference on robotic hardware
closed-loop learning
intelligent perception
advanced sensing
robotic charging
vehicle inspection automation
Customers
AV fleet operators
EV fleet operators
infrastructure/parking/depot operations teams
ports
logistics yards
large fleet facilities
Scale & contact
Estimated monthly visits
2.5K
Latest news
LinkedIn · Apr 2026
Zinny Weli said YC sharpened the company’s focus and noted customer-grounded iteration and team-building during the cohort.
The Last Driver License Holder · Feb 2026
Independent write-up highlighting the startup's goal of automating charging and visual inspection for robotaxi depots to reduce downtime and accelerate fleet growth.
Y Combinator · Feb 2026
YC launch page describes RoboDock as building autonomous depots for autonomous fleets, automating charging and inspections with a retrofit robotic system for AV and EV depots.
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