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Fern

Fern

Fern builds high-fidelity, learned simulators that let robotics teams evaluate and train policies at scale without physical hardware.

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San Francisco, CA, US
Founded
2025
Accelerator
Y Combinator logoY CombinatorW26
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Latest News About Fern

Robert Xu: We just closed the loop on robot policy evaluation with Fern's world model simulator

LinkedIn

Robert Xu: We just closed the loop on robot policy evaluation with Fern's world model simulator

Robert Xu announces a closed-loop robot policy evaluation milestone using Fern's learned world model simulator on a food-prep robot.

Jun 5, 2026

Y Combinator: Fern from Ishiki Labs is a realtime AI that joins your meetings

LinkedIn

Y Combinator: Fern from Ishiki Labs is a realtime AI that joins your meetings

Y Combinator highlights Fern as a realtime AI meeting assistant that can join as a visible participant or silent copilot.

Feb 20, 2026

Fern – Realtime Socially Aware AI for Meetings

Y Combinator

Fern – Realtime Socially Aware AI for Meetings

Fern is a realtime AI that joins meetings as either an invisible copilot or an active participant to coach users through conversations.

Feb 19, 2026

Robert Xu: Excited to announce that I'm currently building Ishiki Labs (YC W26)

LinkedIn

Robert Xu: Excited to announce that I'm currently building Ishiki Labs (YC W26)

Robert Xu announces that he and Amit Yadav are building Ishiki Labs as part of Y Combinator's W26 batch, after leaving Meta.

Feb 15, 2026

From Meta to YC: Building Human-Like AI Assistants at Ishiki Labs

LinkedIn

From Meta to YC: Building Human-Like AI Assistants at Ishiki Labs

Amit Yadav describes leaving Meta to join Y Combinator and build Ishiki Labs, focused on human-like multimodal AI assistants.

Feb 12, 2026