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OctaPulse
Computer-vision and robotics platform for aquaculture quality control; cuts fish inspection time from ~5 min to <30 sec per fish at >95% accuracy; initial focus on broodstock phenotyping and juvenile deformity inspection in hatcheries; modular design targeted to expand into feeding automation and health monitoring across the $300B aquaculture industry.
HeadquartersPittsburgh, US
Founded2025
Corporate funding$500K
Team1-10
Deployments1
Open roles0
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Company overview
Identity and operating footprint
Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeed
FoundersPaul Grech (CEO & Co-Founder), Rohan Singh (CTO & Co-Founder), Andres Castrillon (Co-Founder, Hardware)
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedUS
Service footprintYC W26; deployed at Riverence trout hatcheries in the US Pacific Northwest; expanding to two additional farms
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Deployment log
Announced and cited only
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Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Seed
Round sourceInvestors on recordY Combinator
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Company timeline
Milestones and announcements
2026-03-04Launched on Hacker News (YC W26); announced 6-figure annual contract with Riverence, North America's largest trout producer; deploying into two additional farmsHacker News / Y Combinator
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Source ledger
3 unique public sources
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OctaPulse Launches: Building the Autonomous Aquaculture Farms of the FutureFondo · retrieved 2026-07-05
02OctaPulse: CV and robotics to automate quality inspection in fish farms: YC W26Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05
03Launch HN: OctaPulse (YC W26) – Robotics and computer vision for fish farmingHacker News / Y Combinator · retrieved 2026-07-05