Standard Machines
Standard Machines is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA.
About Standard Machines
Summary
Standard Machines builds training environments and evaluations that teach AI models to perform advanced chip design tasks. Its work targets the semiconductor industry, where complex design workflows have historically required highly specialized human engineers. By creating the infrastructure to train and benchmark AI on these long-horizon design problems, Standard Machines replaces manual expert effort in the chip development process.
From the Y Combinator listing
Teaching AI to Design Chips
We build environments and evaluations to train and evaluate models on advanced chip design.
Facts
- B2B / B2B
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
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