research · YC 2026 · Robotics · 2026-09-28
How YC Robotics startups design their websites
49 Robotics companies from YC's 2026 batches, compared with all 705 sites in the main report. Same method: served HTML only, one fetch per homepage.
What's different about Robotics
Robotics companies lead with AI less often than the batch average (38.8% vs 60.7%). Fewer of them show pricing (0.0% vs 18.0%), which fits a sales-led motion. Next.js is the dominant stack at 46.9%; the top call to action is "Talk to sales/us" (28.6% of sites). The most-used typeface is Inter (7 sites).
Builders
| Builder / framework | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | 23 | 46.9% | 49.1% |
| Other/unknown | 14 | 28.6% | 17.6% |
| Vite/React SPA | 7 | 14.3% | 12.9% |
| Astro | 4 | 8.2% | 8.2% |
| SvelteKit | 1 | 2.0% | 1.3% |
Hosting
| Hosting | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | 24 | 49.0% | 51.8% |
| Cloudflare | 16 | 32.7% | 26.0% |
| Netlify | 3 | 6.1% | 2.1% |
| AWS | 3 | 6.1% | 5.8% |
| Other | 3 | 6.1% | 9.8% |
Calls to action
| Call to action | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talk to sales/us | 14 | 28.6% | 23.7% |
| Book a demo | 6 | 12.2% | 32.5% |
| Get started | 4 | 8.2% | 23.0% |
| Try free / sign up | 1 | 2.0% | 12.8% |
| Join waitlist | 1 | 2.0% | 3.0% |
| Get early access | 1 | 2.0% | 4.4% |
Typefaces
| Typeface | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter | 7 | 14.3% | 17.0% |
| JetBrains Mono | 6 | 12.2% | 5.0% |
| Instrument Serif | 2 | 4.1% | 2.8% |
| Archivo | 2 | 4.1% | —% |
| Montserrat | 2 | 4.1% | —% |
| Inter Tight | 1 | 2.0% | —% |
| Outfit | 1 | 2.0% | 1.3% |
| Karla | 1 | 2.0% | —% |
| IBM Plex Mono | 1 | 2.0% | 3.1% |
| Chakra Petch | 1 | 2.0% | —% |
| IBM Plex Sans | 1 | 2.0% | —% |
| Space Grotesk | 1 | 2.0% | 1.8% |
Headlines from the set
- Enabling physical AI at scale — Fern
- Fully autonomous supply chains — Servo7
- We're building policies for robots that do real work. — PerfectBit, Inc.
- Humanoid robot platform for builders. — Twolabs
- Capturing Physical Experience for Embodied AI — Hub
- The data infrastructure layer for physical AI. — StableBrowse
- US-built semi-humanoid robots Video-trained intelligence — OS3
- Build More Robots — Tensr
Method
Subset of the YC 2026 homepage dataset (705 sites) filtered by YC's own tag label "Robotics". Fetched 2026-09-28; served HTML only, so client-rendered text can be under-counted. "AI in hero" = AI, agent(s) or LLM in the title, H1 or meta description. Re-run after each Demo Day.
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