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Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YCS24 | |
| AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YC +1S26 | |
| Data | Active | YCW21 | |
| AI | Not stated | speedrunSR007 | |
| AI, Devtools | Not stated | speedrunSR007 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Active | YCS25 | |
| Data | Acquired | YCS11 | |
| AI, Data | Active | YCW16 | |
| AI, Data | Not stated | Plug and Play | |
| AI, Data | Active | YCS21 |
Also from F26 in AI
All of F26About Evident Machines
Evident Machines builds benchmarks for frontier AI in electrical engineering. We turn real research and engineering projects into evaluations grounded in computation, simulation, and physical experimentation. Our work helps frontier labs understand how models exercise scientific judgment and develop the capabilities needed to carry out research in the physical world.
- YC batch
- F26 · Fall 2026
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 2
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Checked
- 6h ago
YC tags: Hardware, Machine Learning, Robotics, Electronics, AI
Changes seen
Rewrote its one-liner; it read "Real-world benchmarks for electrical engineering"
Renamed from Buildbox.
Moved its website from heybuildbox.com to evidentmachines.com.
Former name added: Buildbox.
Website link changed from https://heybuildbox.com to https://evidentmachines.com/.
Rewrote its one-liner; it read "Agent analytics for real user outcomes"
Subindustry changed from B2B -> Analytics to B2B.
Newly tagged Hardware, Machine Learning, Robotics and Electronics; no longer tagged Analytics and Enterprise Software.
Evident Machines: questions
Which YC batch was Evident Machines in?
Evident Machines was in Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch (F26).
Is Evident Machines still active?
Y Combinator lists Evident Machines as active.
Where is Evident Machines based?
Evident Machines lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.