Hestus - AI for hardware development
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YC · launched Nov 5, 2025 · 149 upvotes (top 16%) · 0 views
Niche: ai computer-aided design software · 100 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▲ +18% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Manufacturing
- Dev tools
- B2B
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
No Building AI tooling for hardware engineering CAD/ECAD workflows requires deep programmatic hooks into proprietary, closed desktop tools (e.g., Altium, Cadence, SolidWorks) and deep domain knowledge of electronics or mechanical design constraints.
What it would actually take: The architecture requires desktop agent hooks into closed-source CAD/ECAD software via C++/C# plugins, IPC sockets, or computer vision automation to capture engineering context and manipulate complex design trees. It must parse intricate ECAD schematics, PCB netlists, and 3D geometric kernels (Parasolid/ACIS) while ensuring physical and electrical design rules (DRC). Development necessitates senior CAD API developers, electrical/mechanical design engineers, and custom geometric reasoning models.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 4742 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #943 of 4743 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 7 days after the earliest competitor.
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- HyperBench - AI agents for hardware/software co-development · yc · 2026-11-11 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- ai-manager · github · 2026-09-21 · 211 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- Excalibur. The open-source AI coding agent for product engineers · hn · 2026-07-06 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.60
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