hardware intelligence
hardware intelligence is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About hardware intelligence
Summary
Hardware Intelligence builds AI-powered developer tools for semiconductor and chip engineering teams. Its products target the hardware development workflow that underlies AI compute, replacing manual, high-overhead processes used during chip design and verification. Its second product, WaveZip, captures lossless waveforms at a fraction of the size and instrumentation cost of conventional tooling.
Go-to-market
Hardware Intelligence sells to chip and semiconductor engineering teams via a demo-request and waitlist flow, indicating a sales-assisted motion targeting enterprise hardware organizations.
From the Y Combinator listing
AI tools for the chips your AI runs on
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
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