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Standard Machines

Active · Teaching AI to Design Chips

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Competitors

AITattvamShared: chip designSeedcamp 2025Startup →AIDeepSim, Inc.Shared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S24San FranciscoStartup →AISilimateShared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S23San FranciscoStartup →AISilogyShared: semiconductors, chip, designYC W24New York CityStartup →AIBronco AIShared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S23San FranciscoStartup →OtherEUCLYDShared: chip, designStartup →OtherInfinityShared: chipStartup →
Companies closest to Standard Machines
Company
TattvamShared: chip designSeedcamp 2025Not statedAI
DeepSim, Inc.Shared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S24ActiveAI, Devtools
SilimateShared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S23ActiveAI, Devtools
SilogyShared: semiconductors, chip, designYC W24ActiveAI, Devtools
Bronco AIShared: chip design, semiconductorsYC S23ActiveAI, Devtools
EUCLYDnot in a program hereShared: chip, designElsewhereOther
Infinitynot in a program hereShared: chipElsewhereOther

Adjacent

OtherTenX SemiShared: chip designSPC 2025San FranciscoStartup →OtherLeafy LabShared: chip designSPC 2025San FranciscoStartup →AIhardware intelligenceShared: chip design, semiconductors, modelYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIZettascale ComputingShared: semiconductors, chipYC S24San FranciscoStartup →AIBaudShared: semiconductors, chip, trainYC S26San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Standard Machines
Company
TenX SemiShared: chip designSPC 2025Not statedOther
Leafy LabShared: chip designSPC 2025Not statedOther
hardware intelligenceShared: chip design, semiconductors, modelYC S26ActiveAI, Devtools
Zettascale ComputingShared: semiconductors, chipYC S24ActiveAI, Devtools
BaudShared: semiconductors, chip, trainYC S26ActiveAI

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Company
Dipole LabsAI-controlled optical switching for AI clustersActiveAI
Lamb LabsLightning fast chips with hardcoded AI modelshiringActiveAI
Spectre IntelligenceWe are a multi-strategy trading firm that trains AI traders.team of 2ActiveAI
6thSenseNervous System for Physical AIteam of 4ActiveAI
83 SciencesAI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental datateam of 3hiringActiveAI
Agentcardlet agents buy anything onlineteam of 4ActiveAI

Founders

  • Jacob PeakeFounder/CEO

About Standard Machines

We build environments and evaluations to train and evaluate models on advanced chip design.

YC batch
S26 · Summer 2026
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2026
Checked
13h ago

YC tags: Semiconductors, AI

Standard Machines in S26: 229 companies, 88% AI

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Standard Machines: questions

Which YC batch was Standard Machines in?

Standard Machines was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).

Is Standard Machines still active?

Y Combinator lists Standard Machines as active.

Who founded Standard Machines?

Standard Machines's founders, as listed on its YC page: Jacob Peake (Founder/CEO).

Where is Standard Machines based?

Standard Machines lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.