Cortex AI pricing

TL;DR: Cortex AI does not publish a price list we can verify, which is normal for Industrials companies at this stage. Below: what we can confirm, how to get a real quote, and 8 comparable tools to benchmark the number against.

What is verifiable about Cortex AI pricing, how to get a real quote, and 8 comparable tools to price it against.

Company
Cortex AI
Category
Industrials
YC batch
Fall 2025
Status
Active
Team size
3
Public price list
Not published

Last verified:

Does Cortex AI publish its pricing?

Not in any source we can verify. Cortex AI is a Y Combinator-backed Industrials company from the Fall 2025 batch, and companies at this stage usually quote per customer rather than publish rate cards. We will not guess at a number — anything quoted elsewhere without a source is guesswork too. The company profile we work from is the Y Combinator listing; the current figure has to come from Cortex AI directly.

How to get an accurate Cortex AI quote

  1. Ask for pricing at your actual volume, not the headline tier — per-seat and usage pricing diverge fast.
  2. Ask what happens at renewal. Uplift caps matter more than the first-year discount.
  3. Get the onboarding, migration and support costs in writing separately.
  4. Ask for a month-to-month option. If it does not exist, that tells you about the annual price.
  5. Quote a competitor from the table below. It is the fastest way to a real number.

Cortex AI pricing compared to competitors

These are the closest comparable tools, matched on what Cortex AI actually does. Price each one alongside it — stage and team size are a reasonable proxy for where a vendor sits on price.

Compare againstWhat it doesStageTeam
6thSenseNervous System for Physical AIYC Summer 20264
StableBrowseBuilding the Data Infrastructure layer for Physical AI.YC Spring 20263
General InstinctInference Infrastructure for Physical AIYC Spring 20262
The Robot Learning CompanyTools for the next era of physical automation.YC Spring 20251
EfferenceYC Fall 202512
Proception IncMaking humanoids dexterous enough to thread a needleYC Winter 202510
Aktoria RoboticsHuman as API for robotsYC Summer 20266
Iron GridFoundational models for risk and quality.YC Summer 20252

Is Cortex AI worth the cost?

That depends on a number we cannot see, so judge it on what we can: Cortex AI is currently Active with a team of around 3. A small team means faster support and more negotiating room, but more risk of the product changing direction. A larger or public vendor costs more and moves slower. If price is the deciding factor, the earlier-batch companies in the table are usually the ones still competing on it.

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