Macadamia

AI Agents for Complex Engineering Projects

1.7Score#820 of 999 agents#19 of 25 in Hardware engineer

Why it ranks #820

Macadamia, an AI hardware engineer from YC W25, ranks #820 of 999 AI agents and #19 of 25 in Hardware engineer, with a score of 1.7 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 1 × 30% 0.3
Momentum 2 × 25% 0.5
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 1.7

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
1
2 people.
- +1
  2 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
2
Shows hiring.
- +2
  Hiring: 2 open rolesFounding Engineer (Full-Stack), Founding GTM Lead YC page
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Winter 2025) (+1)
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: 61% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 30% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 97% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Macadamia

Macadamia builds AI agents for complex engineering projects. They automate both engineering & business processes, to automate away all low-leverage work. It integrates with all engineering data sources, technical documentation, and third-party software tools. Macadamia serves customers in mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and construction.