Harsh Bhatt
| Harsh Bhatt | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, software engineer |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founder of Autumn Labs |
Harsh Bhatt is an entrepreneur and software engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the co-founder of Autumn Labs, a startup that provides a real-time monitoring and control platform for industrial robots and manufacturing lines. The company was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.[1]
Career
Before founding Autumn Labs, Bhatt accumulated significant experience in embedded systems and robotics across several organizations. In 2012, he worked as a controls engineer at General Motors. In 2013, he served as a robotics research engineer at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). From 2014 to 2016, he was the founder and CEO of EdgeBotix, a robotics company. He subsequently spent approximately seven years (2016–2023) as an embedded software engineer at Apple.[1]
In 2023, Bhatt co-founded Autumn Labs alongside Prathik Muppidi. The company, described as "Datadog for industrial robots," develops a developer-friendly platform designed to monitor and manage modern manufacturing lines. The platform integrates with robotic stations, including automated test stations, robotic assembly cells, and industrial arms, providing full traceability, live data monitoring, and secure data transport. The company's stated goals include streamlining factory operations, improving production quality, and preventing supply chain disruptions.[2]
Autumn Labs operates within the hardware, robotic process automation, SaaS, robotics, and manufacturing sectors. The platform enables engineers and manufacturers to identify and resolve quality, throughput, and downtime issues, and the company emphasizes ease of onboarding for its users. As of the Summer 2024 Y Combinator batch, the company was listed as active and based in San Francisco.[1]
Bhatt has also written about topics outside of robotics; in 2016, he published a Medium article discussing innovations in agricultural technology and food systems in relation to climate change.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Autumn Labs – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "Autumn Labs". 'Autumn Labs}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.