Shepherd
Helping AI understand the physical world
YC Summer 2026Hard TechHardwareEnterpriseSearchAI Assistant
About Shepherd
Shepherd is the AI documentation layer for every hardware product — an always-current, interactive instruction manual that agents can actually understand and act upon.
Founders
Philip Meng
Founder, CEO
CEO @ Shepherd (YC S26) | Stanford EE + CS | 4x Published Researcher | Prev. Animoca Brands, 645 Ventures, Tim Horton's
Ishan Ramrakhiani
Founder
CPO @ Shepherd (YC S26) | Stanford BMC | Prev. Research @ Dartmouth
Elijah Renner
Founder
CTO @ Shepherd (YC S26) | Stanford CS | Research @ Stanford AIMI, Dartmouth