Adam
AI Development Tools · AI Agents
3open roles
2backers · Y Combinator, TQ Ventures
42stories in the press
9technologies in use
Overview
Adam is a Y Combinator-backed AI copilot and workspace platform engineered to automate physical product development and supply chain workflows for hardware teams. The software integrates directly into enterprise computer-aided design (CAD) suites (including SolidWorks, Onshape, and Autodesk Fusion), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems like Arena, electronic component distributors (Digi-Key, McMaster-Carr), and workplace messaging tools.
Funding and backers
Hiring now
3
open roles
Backers
2
Y Combinator, TQ Ventures
Momentum
30/100
in the news, rising traction
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 1
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: AI CAD Harness
Aug 2025
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Jan 2025
Went through Y Combinator
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$300k
Typical range
$250k – $300k
Open positions
3
3
Jobs
Junior
33.3%
Middle
66.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $300k | $300k |
| Middle | 2 | $275k | $250k – $300k |
Highest paying role
MTS - Founding Engineer
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
51/100
Stable
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
33% ▼
Backend
33% ▼
Solutions
33% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Adam over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
9
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
85/100
Languages
Python
JavaScript
SQL
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
Next.js
PyTorch
React.js
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Practices & domains
Machine Learning
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News
All The Reasons Adam Should (And Shouldn't) Attend Sally's Wedding on Y&R
Adam's presence could disrupt Sally and Billy's wedding.
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Adam Hincu (@AdamHincu) on X
I gave ChatGPT one prompt.It composed this beautiful, original piano solo, built the player, and put the whole thing together by itself.It almost seems like every note carries real weight, personality and raw emotion.Crazy how far we've come.
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How models train, from gradient descent to Adam
In Post 2 we built softmax regression from scratch, in Post 13 we let autograd compute our gradients, and in Post 14 we added regularization to keep the weights honest. Every one of those posts quietly assumed the same thing: that once we had a gradient,
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Adam Driver, Anne Hathaway 'Alone at Dawn' Sets Christmas 2027 Rollout
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Meet the candidates putting bullets in Flock cameras
Some political hopefuls aren't just opposed to surveillance cameras-they're shooting at them.
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YouTube ruins everything
Comedian, writer, and YouTuber Adam Conover discusses the media, entertainment, and labor landscape in the age of Google-dominated streaming video.
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Instagram boss warns users will be 'overwhelmed' without algorithm
The head of Instagram says the average person who turns off their algorithm will have a much worse "user experience", as Australia debates new opt-out laws.
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Instagram chief Mosseri says in social media addiction trial he doesn't tell team to 'hide anything'
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified during a federal trial that he doesn't direct employees to withhold information that could pose legal risks to Meta.
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Are We Alone? Cosmic Loneliness and the Longing to Believe (with Adam Kirsch)
Has the earth been visited by extraterrestrials? Are we alone? Despite no formal evidence for conscious life outside of earth, the belief that we are not alone has become more common among both scientists and everyday people. Listen as author Adam Kirsch
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 67% engineering $283k Avg Salary
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