General Astronautics
A pioneering space robotics company selected for the Winter 2026 batch of Y Combinator.
Highlights
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General Astronautics is on a mission to transform how scientific research and manufacturing are conducted beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Leveraging cutting‑edge autonomous robotics, the company is building robotic systems designed to operate in microgravity environments — eliminating the need for human crew support and unlocking unprecedented possibilities for space‑based R&D and production.
General Astronautics, a pioneering space robotics company, was selected for the Winter 2026 batch of Y Combinator.
General Astronautics was founded in 2025 by robotics and aerospace engineers with experience from leading institutions including Caltech, combining deep technical expertise with bold ambition to make autonomous space operations a reality. General Astronautics is part of NVIDIA’s Inception Program as well as Y Combinator 2026.
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Focus
Robotics for Space R&D
Team
Co-Founder & CEO
Bram Schork
Bram is a Caltech aerospace engineer who founded General Astronautics after building hardware reliability systems for SpaceX's Starlink Lasers, shipping industrial autonomous robots, and developing optical tracking systems at SBIR-funded startups. Microgravity unlocks better pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and advanced materials. The bottleneck is labor, not science, and robots can solve that now.
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