# HillStar

[HillStar on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/hillstar)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://hillstar.ai/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hillstar)

## About

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## YC company profile

Agents to help utilities make better buying decisions.

- **YC batch:** Fall 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** GovTech, Big Data, AI
- **YC partner:** Garry Tan

## Founders

### Nooshin Behroyan — Founder/CEO

Founder at HillStar. Previously founded and scaled Paxon Energy from zero to a nationally recognized energy-infrastructure services company serving major U.S. utilities across methane recapture, wildfire mitigation, and oil & gas pipeline integrity management solutions—successfully exited in 2025.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nooshinbehroyan)

### Kenny Stone — Founder/CTO

Cofounder, CTO at HillStar.  Previously, I cofounded PlanGrid (YC W12 – acquired by Autodesk), where we introduced mobile technology and machine learning to the construction industry. Computer Engineering from Purdue.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenny-stone-a239a4a/)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hillstar) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Kenny Stone](https://hacklab.so/kenny-stone) — Founder/CTO (Present)
- [Nooshin Behroyan](https://hacklab.so/nooshin-behroyan) — Founder/CEO (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Chief of Staff\-Part Time](https://hacklab.so/jobs/278b61bf-cdaf-5528-893a-154ad898b248) — Contract · Remote · CA, US / Oakland, CA, US / San Francisco, CA, US / Remote \(US\) · $60K \- $80K