Most of the global workforce does not sit at a desk, but the software used to manage physical work has barely changed in decades.
The next operating systems will coordinate humans, robots, and AI agents together. The companies that build them could manage far more than software workflows. They could manage the labor itself.
So if you’re building this new kind of operating system for the physical world, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply for the Fall 2026 batch at ycombinator.com/apply.
