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Verno: AI that edits and checks the engineering documents behind every industrial plant (opens ycombinator.com)
AI for how the physical world gets built

AI that edits and checks P&IDs and the other engineering documents behind industrial plants, for EPC and owner-operator teams.
Y Combinator company that edits native CAD P&IDs from a change described in plain language, updates downstream documents such as line lists across CAD, Excel, PDF and Word, and checks each change against engineering rules. Engineers approve every change. It starts with process EPCs in oil and gas, chemicals, semiconductors, pharma, food and beverage, and plastics, and plans to expand into water, power and other drawing types. Founded by Oliver Wesche, formerly at Blue Origin, and Ujjawal Madan; it launched on Launch YC on November 4, 2026, with a pilot under way.
AI for how the physical world gets built