Launch
ByteAsk: Your AI C++ engineer, and a swarm of them (opens ycombinator.com)
Hand it a C/C++/CUDA bug and get a tested pull request back, at what it claims is 68% lower cost.
LaunchConfirmed by the company
Launch HN: Simantic (YC F26) – Firmware Simulation for AI Agents
Context: Simantic, founded by former firmware engineers from Neuralink and Tesla, builds a simulation layer so engineers and AI agents can test firmware without hardware.
From Hacker News: Hi HN, we're Ahnaf and Seungmin from Simantic (https://simantic.com). We are building the simulation layer that lets engineers and AI agents test and validate firmware without hardware. Before Simantic, we were ex-firmware engineers at companies like Neuralink and Tesla.
- Source
- Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com)
- Published
- First seen here
- Edition
- Thursday, October 29, 2026, ranked 10
- Status
- The company itself announced or confirmed this.
- Topics
- Y Combinator, AI agents, Developer tools
