Metalware

Why it ranks #700

Metalware, an AI pentester from YC S23, ranks #700 of 999 AI agents and #10 of 12 in Pentester, with a score of 2.0 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 · Score wrong? Suggest a change

1. 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)

2. Scale

   Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score

   2

   4 people.

   • +2
     4 people on its YC page3 or 4 people

   Not found: funding round in its news (+3)

3. Momentum

   Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score

   2

   Shows hiring.

   • +2
     Hiring: 1 open roleFounding EngineerYC 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 Summer 2023) (+1)

4. 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: 31% likely
   • Finishes whole tasks: 18% likely
   • Calls itself an agent: 2% likely
   • Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2

   Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Metalware

Founders

• RCRyan ChowFounder
• ANAndrew NedeaFounder

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