US-Made Parts for Robots

HLabs is making an industrial supply chain for building robots in the USA including electronics and actuators, with a focus on in-house manufacturing. Robotics is going to be one of the largest industries the world has ever seen. Teams have to buy what they can from overseas and then build everything else in house just to get something to move. HLabs is producing a plug and play set of robotic primitives to accelerate the early development and then working with larger scale production robots for bespoke designs. Early customers span across household robotics, humanoids, robot arms, quadrupeds, and defense. Hlabs is founded by Paul, a second time YC founder who also participated in the W21 batch with Mystic. He ran Mystic as CEO for 6 years.

Total Open and Closed Positions

Total open positions, and positions newly closed since the previous update

Department Headcount Over Time

Open positions per department · top 6 at any point in the window

Newly Opened and Closed Positions

Position Churn Rate

Positions closed within 14 days of opening · a high rate suggests posting instability — duplicates, pulled listings, or roles filled through internal or off-market channels

Time-to-Fill Distribution

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Salary Trend Over Time

Monthly median base salary · USD · annualized · p25/p75 dashed

Salary Range by Department

Employment Type

Technical vs. Non-technical

Open positions · by department

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Seniority Mix

Derived from job title keywords

Equity Range by Department

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Top Tech Stacks

Skills Trend

Change in share of postings · recent 3 months vs. prior 3 months

Tech Stack Evolution

Positions opened per month · top 5 technologies