# Nuclear barges, brain-cell compute and a $1,600 humanoid: the 9 startups VCs kept naming at YC Demo Day

"Like science fiction" was how one investor summed up the technology on display at Thursday's Y Combinator Demo Day. The same room then turned around and told me valuations looked saner than they have in several recent batches. Rarely are both of those true in the same afternoon. Deep tech dominated

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| Published | 14 September 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/nuclear-barges-brain-cell-compute-and-a-1600-humanoid-the-9-startups-vcs-kept-naming-at-yc-demo-day/