Bronco AI
YC S23 · Active · AI for ASIC Design Verification
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 Standard MachinesShared: chip design, semiconductorsActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 DeepSim, Inc.Shared: chip design, semiconductors, currentlyActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS24 |
 SilimateShared: chip design, semiconductors, functionalActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS23 |
 SilogyShared: semiconductors, chip, designActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCW24 |
 Zettascale ComputingShared: semiconductors, chip, siliconActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS24 |
 Embeddnot in a program hereShared: chip, hardwareElsewhereOther | Other | Elsewhere |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 TenX SemiShared: chip designNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | SPC2025 |
 Leafy LabShared: chip designNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | SPC2025 |
 hardware intelligenceShared: chip design, semiconductors, hardwareActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS26 |
 Visibl SemiconductorsShared: semiconductors, asic, designActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCW26 |
 BaudShared: semiconductors, chip, hardwareActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
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About Bronco AI
Bronco is an applied AI lab helping chipmakers keep Moore’s law going. Our mission is to build AI silicon verification engineers that find bugs, drive functional coverage, and help companies ship working chips on time. We're currently deployed alongside verification teams at leading chip companies building next generation hardware (4 nm process node). We are well-funded and backed by tier-1 investors, including YC, 8VC, Elad Gil, SV Angel, and Contrary Capital. We have also established strong relationships with the leading academic and industry researchers in the field of AI for chip design. Our advisors have won multiple Best Paper Awards at leading conferences, been cited tens of thousands of times, and received some of the highest honors in the microelectronics and EDA industries.
- YC batch
- S23 · Summer 2023
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 5
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Checked
- 34m ago
YC tags: Artificial Intelligence, B2B, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors
Bronco AI: questions
Which YC batch was Bronco AI in?
Bronco AI was in Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch (S23).
Is Bronco AI still active?
Y Combinator lists Bronco AI as active.
Where is Bronco AI based?
Bronco AI lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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