LightSprint

Software factory for product teams

3.3Score#276 of 999 agents#14 of 40 in Software engineer

Why it ranks #276

LightSprint, an AI software engineer from YC Sp26, ranks #276 of 999 AI agents and #14 of 40 in Software engineer, with a score of 3.3 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 2 × 30% 0.6
Momentum 7 × 25% 1.8
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 3.3

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
2
3 people.
- +2
  3 people on its YC page3 or 4 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
7
Shows a recent launch, hiring and a new batch.
- +3
  Launched in the last 6 monthsLightsprint - The Collaborative Product Development PlatformLaunch YC post · 21 May 2026
- +3
  Hiring: 5 open rolesProduct Marketing / GTM Engineer, Founding AE, Head of Developer RelationsYC page
- +1
  New: YC Spring 2026
Not found: new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 78% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 32% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 96% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About LightSprint

Lightsprint is a collaborative software factory for product teams to plan visually, preview live and ship with an army of cloud agents. Your whole team, including non-engineers, can now ship end to end reliably.

The company is founded by Ben Ong, an AI investor who previously scaled AI products at SEA Group (NYSE: SE) and Temasek ($300B fund), Benedict Chan who was VP Engineering at Chainlink and CTO at BitGo (NYSE:BTGO), and Heng Hong Lee who built Facebook Messenger in 2013 and was Director of Engineering at Fazz (YC S17).