AI Chip & Hardware Design
Hot1.1% of YC companies (+0.53pp)
Companies
69
Survival Rate
92.8%
Hiring Rate
33.3%
Recent Pivots
12
AI Chip & Hardware Design — Share of YC companies over time
Pivots into AI Chip & Hardware Design
Companies that pivoted into this category
Refortifai
Sp263 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Runtime security for AI agents
Reasoning for Electronic Design Automation
Fabricate
F242 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
Instant Engineering Drawings
Procurement for Hardware Teams
Bronco AI
S235 people · Active
The Modern Industrial Operating Stack
AI for ASIC Design Verification
Dime
W243 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
The Factory Operating System
AI Data Engineer for Hardware Manufacturers
Dialtone
S232 people · Active· Pivot 2/5
Data tooling and management platform for all your AI needs
Supercharge manufacturing with AI
Pivots out of AI Chip & Hardware Design
Companies that pivoted away from this category
Clam (formerly Baseframe)
W262 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
AI agents for hardware design that catch risks and tradeoffs early
Enterprise-grade security for broad-access AI Agents like OpenClaw
Mirror
W253 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
The AI Engineer for Electronic Design
Clone your best employees
Dime
W245 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
AI Data Engineer for Hardware Manufacturers
Dime automates administrative busywork at healthcare clinics
Loombotic
F242 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Procurement for Hardware Teams
Wire Harnesses in as little as 7 days
Lighthouz AI
S245 people · Active
AI procurement specialists for manufacturers
AI Agents for AP and AR in Logistics
Companies (69)
Bucket Robotics
Defect detection for manufacturing built from CAD and synthetic data.