Founding Machine Learning Engineer Job Posting at Mbodi AI (Y Combinator)
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Summary
This is a job posting for a Founding Machine Learning Engineer position at Mbodi AI, a Y Combinator-backed startup building an embodied AI platform that enables robots to learn and operate using natural language. The company is part of YC X25, works with industrial partners like ABB and Fortune 100 customers, and is founded by former Google and UPenn GRASP researchers. The role involves developing ML models and agentic AI systems for robot learning, perception, and planning, with a focus on real-world deployment.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledWe are pioneering the next wave of robotics, where advanced generative models, agentic systems, and real world automation come together.
As one of our early engineers, you'll be responsible for developing and deploying cutting-edge ML models and agentic AI systems that power robot learning and behavior.
This is a chance to work on one of the hardest and most important problems in AI: bringing intelligence into the physical world.
We are building a small, senior team that wants to solve hard problems with real world stakes.
Our software lets anyone teach robots new skills by talking to them and execute the learned skills reliably in production, in minutes.
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