Marengo

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About Marengo

YC company profile

AI-Native Engineering Firm designing Data Centers

Marengo is the AI-native engineering firm automating engineering design, starting with data centers. We’ve generated $70K in revenue in our first month, with $4M in contracts to deliver.

Marengo is backed by YC, Exor, Future Planet Capital, undisclosed $2B AUM family office, and other top-tier investors.

Our team includes the former President & CEO of Saipem America ($3B+ P&L), former President of Exyte's Advanced Technology Facilities GBU ($6B+ P&L) and more.

YC batch: Summer 2026
Founded: 2026
Team size: 2
Location: San Francisco
Country: US
Status: Active
Industry: Industrials
Stage: Early
Tags: Construction, Design, Energy, AI
YC partner: Diana Hu

Founders

Emil Ares — Founder/CEO

Founded my first company at 16, making six figures. Ex-Cambridge Physicist working on world's most powerful magnets (56MW) at the 1.4GW MagLab facility. Ex-UK Space Agency.

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Gad Marconi — Founder/CTO

Ex-AI software engineer at Nuclear and Energy EPC. Built and deployed on-site data center infrastructure at the 25MW Swiss Flumenthal hydroelectric plant. Ex-TU Delft.