Simantic
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About Simantic
YC company profile
Firmware simulation for AI agents
Simantic is modernizing the embedded firmware industry with hardware simulation developed for the adoption of AI in hardware engineering. Simantic gives both humans and AI the visibility into hardware previously limited by the physical world.
- YC batch: Fall 2026
- Founded: 2025
- Team size: 4
- Location: Waterloo, Canada
- Country: CA
- Status: Active
- Industry: B2B
- Stage: Early
- Tags: Developer Tools, Hardware, Semiconductors, Electronics, AI
- YC partner: Aaron Epstein
Founders
Seungmin Hong — Founder/CEO
Founder at Simantic (YC F26). Previously firmware engineer at Tesla, Simbe Robotics, and Rapyuta Robotics. ML at Ericsson. BASc Computer Engineering from University of Waterloo.
Ahnaf Shahriar — Founder/CTO
Founder at Simantic (YC F26). Previously Embedded Software Engineer at Neuralink (Implant/Charger) and AI Hardware Engineer at Tesla (Dojo/Autopilot). Computer Engineer from the University of Waterloo.
Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.