NeoSci - lab automation startup (YC application)

Independent original work outside of employment: NeoSci - "the future of science: automated, affordable, and based on ideas not resources." Applied to Y Combinator (March 2024) with a thesis that current lab automations are point automations (liquid handling, LNP synthesis, single-station rigs) and that no end-to-end solution automates an academic lab workflow from prep to analysis. Drafted a preliminary technical design for a Laboratory Robotic Assistant built on an MiR AMR base (250 kg payload, omnidirectional, SLAM-based navigation) carrying two collaborative UR arms (UR3/UR5/UR10) with Robotiq grippers + wrist camera for pick-and-place. Pitch framed around human-form limits (~8-12 hr work, two arms, chemical-exposure risk), the lack of automation democratization (only Langer-Lab-scale labs afford it), and the knowledge-transfer cost of graduating PhDs/technicians.