SigmanticAI
The Cursor for Chip Design - Delivering Silicon-Ready Chip Designs…
Why it ranks #927
SigmanticAI, an AI hardware engineer from YC S25, ranks #927 of 999 AI agents and #24 of 25 in Hardware engineer, with a score of 1.2 of 10. Data as of .
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 0 × 25% 0.0
- Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
- = 1.2
- 0
Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
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)
- 1
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
2 people.
- +12 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
- +1
- 0
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
Nothing new in the last 6 months.
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), open roles on YC (+2), 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 2025) (+1)
- 6
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 79% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 40% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 90% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
About SigmanticAI
SigmanticAI is building an AI-native hardware development assistant that automates the entire RTL design flow, from natural language to synthesizable HDL and testbenches, inside a seamless VSCode fork. Powered by fine-tuned Verilog LLMs, reinforcement learning, and real compiler feedback, SigmanticAI iteratively refines code until it compiles and passes synthesis, no matter how complex the design. It’s like the Cursor for HDL design.
In addition to code generation, SigmanticAI can generate token-level annotations and onboarding documents to accelerate ramp-up for new engineers. With support for both cloud and on-prem deployment, it integrates with existing EDA tools to dramatically reduce debug time, improve collaboration, and accelerate hardware design across teams
Founders
- Rohil KhareFounder
- Tamzid RazzaqueFounder
Launches and news
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