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HABIT

Spring 2025 · Active

Reshaping neighborhood services with robotics.

Founded: 2025

Team size: 2

About

HABIT will deploy on-demand robotic labor to you — and to restaurants, hotels, stores, and farms in your neighborhood. Our first vertical (the $45B car wash and auto detailing market) is high cost, labor intensive, and already offered in thousands of locations across America.

Founders

  • Michael TrehanFounder

    Building HABIT. Prev: SWE @ Radiant Nuclear; Investment Banking @ JP Morgan. Berkeley M.E.T. alum.

  • Harish PalaniFounder

    Building HABIT. Prev: AI/ML Research Scientist @ Amazon; led deep learning projects at Twitch. Berkeley M.E.T. alum.