YCS26· AI· Devtoolshardware intelligence
AI tools for the chips your AI runs on
Founders
- Athreya AnandFounder/CEO
- Rishov SarkarFounder/CTO
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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
San Francisco, CA, USA
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.
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