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hardware intelligence

Active · AI tools for the chips your AI runs on

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works
7signal of 100 · rising 7
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5

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Competitors

AITattvamShared: chip designSeedcamp 2025Startup →AIBaudShared: frontier model, semiconductors, chipYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIDeepSim, Inc.Shared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S24San FranciscoStartup →AIStandard MachinesShared: chip design, semiconductors, modelYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AISilimateShared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S23San FranciscoStartup →
Companies closest to hardware intelligence
Company
TattvamShared: chip designSeedcamp 2025Not statedAI
BaudShared: frontier model, semiconductors, chipYC S26ActiveAI
DeepSim, Inc.Shared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S24ActiveAI, Devtools
Standard MachinesShared: chip design, semiconductors, modelYC S26ActiveAI
SilimateShared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S23ActiveAI, Devtools

Adjacent

OtherTenX SemiShared: chip designSPC 2025San FranciscoStartup →AISigmanticAIShared: chip design, hardware, engineerYC S25San FranciscoStartup →AISilogyShared: semiconductors, chip, testYC W24New York CityStartup →AIBronco AIShared: chip design, semiconductors, hardwareYC S23San FranciscoStartup →AIZettascale ComputingShared: semiconductors, chip, frontierYC S24San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to hardware intelligence
Company
TenX SemiShared: chip designSPC 2025Not statedOther
SigmanticAIShared: chip design, hardware, engineerYC S25ActiveAI, Devtools
SilogyShared: semiconductors, chip, testYC W24ActiveAI, Devtools
Bronco AIShared: chip design, semiconductors, hardwareYC S23ActiveAI, Devtools
Zettascale ComputingShared: semiconductors, chip, frontierYC S24ActiveAI, Devtools

Also from S26 in AI

All of S26
AIHilstartAutonomous Hardware TestingYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AILamb LabsLightning fast chips with hardcoded AI modelsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAgnost AIWe find where AI agents fail, then train better models to run them.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIArchalAPI sandboxes, built for AI agentsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAssembleAutonomous IT DeliveryYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAutoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →
Company
HilstartAutonomous Hardware TestingActiveAI, Devtools
Lamb LabsLightning fast chips with hardcoded AI modelshiringActiveAI
Agnost AIWe find where AI agents fail, then train better models to run them.2 programsteam of 2ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
ArchalAPI sandboxes, built for AI agentsteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools
AssembleAutonomous IT Deliveryteam of 4ActiveAI
Autoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools

Founders

  • Athreya AnandFounder/CEO
  • Rishov SarkarFounder/CTO

About hardware intelligence

Hardware Intelligence makes chip design tools that cut simulation and debugging time by an order of magnitude. When a chip test fails, engineers need a recording of every internal signal - a waveform. We’ve developed WaveZip, which captures waveforms 500x smaller with 200x less overhead, and Wave, which beats frontier models on industry chip debugging benchmarks. We’re Rishov Sarkar (Georgia Tech Ph.D. in chip simulation) and Athreya Anand (ex-Google, M.S. ML/AI), YC S26. https://hardwareintelligence.ai

YC batch
S26 · Summer 2026
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI, Developer tools
Team size
2
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2026
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Developer Tools, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

Source ↗

hardware intelligence in S26: 229 companies, 88% AI

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hardware intelligence: questions

Which YC batch was hardware intelligence in?

hardware intelligence was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).

Is hardware intelligence still active?

Y Combinator lists hardware intelligence as active.

Who founded hardware intelligence?

hardware intelligence's founders, as listed on its YC page: Athreya Anand (Founder/CEO), Rishov Sarkar (Founder/CTO).

Where is hardware intelligence based?

hardware intelligence lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.