Ultra

Ultra

Practical, general-purpose robots for repetitive industrial tasks

New York City, NY
4 employees
Manufacturing and Robotics
Seed · $3.8M

Company details

Team Size4
LocationNew York City, NY
IndustryManufacturing and Robotics

Funding

Total raised

$3.8M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator
Pioneer Fund
Great Wave Ventures
NNextView Ventures
Rebel Fund

Founders

Chetan Parthiban

Chetan Parthiban

Chetan is a Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Ultra. He studied Mathematics and Robotics at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received both his BA and MSE. Chetan has deep experience in applied AI as he was one of the first machine learning scientists at Arena, where he focused on applying machine learning to solve high frequency decision making problems.

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Oliver Ortlieb

Oliver Ortlieb

Oliver is the co-founder and CTO of Ultra. Before co-founding Ultra, Oliver Ortlieb was the Co-founder & CTO at Voodoo Manufacturing where he built the software and systems to support one of the largest 3D printing factories in the world. Prior to that, he co-founded Layer By Layer, a secure marketplace for 3D-printable products. He holds multiple patents in the field of 3D printing, and received his BS in Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College.

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Max Friefeld

Max Friefeld

Max is the co-founder and COO of Ultra. He studied Computer and Electrical Engineering at Harvey Mudd College ('13), and founded two YC-backed companies, Layer By Layer (S13) and Voodoo Manufacturing (W17). Immediately prior to starting Ultra, Max led teams at Boston Consulting Group optimizing operations for the largest logistics networks in the world and developing go-to-market strategy for private equity backed robotics companies.

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Jon Miller Schwartz

Jon Miller Schwartz

Building intelligent-industrial robots at Ultra. Prev Arena AI, Voodoo Manufacturing (YC W17), Body Labs, and Layer By Layer (YC S13).

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.