TL;DR: OctaPulse is a Y Combinator Winter 2026 startup CV and robotics to automate quality inspection in fish farms, currently active with a team of 2.
CV and robotics to automate quality inspection in fish farms
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OctaPulse uses AI vision to automate hatchery QA for fish farms, starting with broodstock phenotyping and juvenile deformity inspection. We cut inspection time from about 5 minutes to under 30 seconds per fish, with more than 90 percent accuracy, so farms advance only high quality fish and waste less feed and labor. Our goal is to bring automation across the entire fish production lifecycle for the $300B aquaculture industry. Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector, and has already surpassed commercial fishing for production of seafood. Yet two of the most critical QA and QC steps in fish production are still done by hand: phenotyping and deformity inspection. These processes are slow, error prone, and despised by technicians but vital for the success of the farm, so much so that f…
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Yes. OctaPulse was funded by Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch. CV and robotics to automate quality inspection in fish farms
OctaPulse uses AI vision to automate hatchery QA for fish farms, starting with broodstock phenotyping and juvenile deformity inspection. We cut inspection time from about 5 minutes to under 30 seconds per fish, with more than 90 percent accuracy, so farms advance only high quality fish and waste less feed and labor. O…
OctaPulse was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch.
OctaPulse has a team of 2 people according to Y Combinator's directory.
OctaPulse is currently listed as Active with a team of 2 in Y Combinator's directory.
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