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Showing 1–50 of 405 launches.

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Launch Source Launched ▲ Theme Upvotes Type Vibe code? Tagline Link
GPU-Based Autorouting for KiCad hn 2025-10-29 gpu compute and acceleration tools 8 Hobby / open-source project No Website ↗
Efference - Helping robots see like humans do yc 2025-11-04 embodied AI and robotics platforms 122 Commercial product No Efference is building the most intelligent robotic camera on the market -- at half the cost. Website ↗
Lightberry - Robots with Soul yc 2025-11-04 embodied AI and robotics platforms 178 Commercial product No We’re building brains for robots - so they can talk, act, listen and feel. Website ↗
Make Electrical Component Selection Suck Less hn 2025-11-04 graphics rendering and visual tools 8 Commercial product Partial Website ↗
Hestus - AI for hardware development yc 2025-11-05 AI coding agents and developer tools 149 Commercial product No Hestus helps engineers work 2.5x faster with 4x fewer clicks Website ↗
JermCAD hn 2025-11-05 creative coding and visual experiments 5 Hobby / open-source project Yes A YAML-powered, vibe-coded, browser-based CAD software Website ↗
MOVEdot: AI Agents for Hardware Engineering yc 2025-11-06 embodied AI and robotics platforms 14 Commercial product No Cursor for Engineering Analysis - From Race Cars to Factory Floors Website ↗
Axial Composites Industries: Manufacturing Stronger Carbon Fiber Parts Faster yc 2025-11-10 embodied AI and robotics platforms 19 Commercial product No Composites manufacturing for the upcoming aerospace and robotic age Website ↗
Forge Robotics - The Future of Manufacturing yc 2025-11-10 embodied AI and robotics platforms 284 Commercial product No Forge Robotics gives manufacturing companies the ability to make parts fully autonomously Website ↗
Allus AI — Vision Foundation Model for Manufacturing yc 2025-11-10 embodied AI and robotics platforms 282 Commercial product No Bringing real intelligence to factories Website ↗
GLUE Robo: Lab automation layer for robots & instruments yc 2025-11-11 embodied AI and robotics platforms 24 Commercial product No An event‑driven automation layer for high‑throughput life science labs Website ↗
Tensr: Building Autonomous Robotic Factories yc 2025-11-14 embodied AI and robotics platforms 365 Commercial product No Building fully autonomous robotic factories that make scaling hardware as effortless as scaling on AWS Website ↗
An LLM-Powered Tool to Catch PCB Schematic Mistakes hn 2025-11-28 ML inference and model optimization 55 Commercial product No Website ↗
Flooder hn 2025-12-05 low-level systems and developer tools 8 Commercial product No Making Persistent Homology Practical for Industrial Use Cases Website ↗
I designed my own 3D printer motherboard hn 2025-12-06 interactive simulations and creative experiments 127 Hobby / open-source project No Website ↗
Largest public dataset of electronic circuit files hn 2025-12-18 embodied AI and robotics platforms 19 Commercial product No Website ↗
An LLM-Powered PCB Schematic Checker (Major Update) hn 2026-01-04 digital accessibility and compliance tools 55 Commercial product Partial Website ↗
Free and local browser tool for designing gear models for 3D printing hn 2026-01-07 creative coding and visual experiments 53 Commercial product Yes Website ↗
AI in SolidWorks hn 2026-01-12 3D modeling and visual design tools 191 Commercial product Partial Website ↗
BaseFrame: Bring confidence and clarity to your hardware designs yc 2026-01-16 ai agent infrastructure and tooling 13 Commercial product Partial AI agents that catch risks and tradeoffs early during hardware project scoping Website ↗
Kyten - The modern aerospace battery pack supplier yc 2026-01-28 travel and transit tracking tools 17 Commercial product No Custom aerospace-grade battery pack factory Website ↗
Craftplan hn 2026-02-01 meal planning and food discovery 577 Commercial product Yes I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery Website ↗
REV1 - Automating engineering drawings for Mechanical Engineers yc 2026-02-02 embodied AI and robotics platforms 15 Commercial product No It's time for Mechanical Engineers to automate their workflows Website ↗
Zymbly: The Copilot for Aircraft Maintenance yc 2026-02-03 coding agent interfaces and environments 26 Commercial product No Doubling aircraft technician productivity through agents that do the busy work Website ↗
Emmtrix ONNX-to-C Code Generator for Edge AI Deployment hn 2026-02-03 developer tools for AI agents 6 Commercial product No Website ↗
Craftplan hn 2026-02-03 workforce operations and career platforms 22 Commercial product Yes Elixir-based micro-ERP for small-scale manufacturers Website ↗
Servo7 - Robots for Industry yc 2026-02-09 embodied AI and robotics platforms 26 Commercial product No Simple and rapidly deployed robots for industry work Website ↗
YOR hn 2026-02-12 embodied AI and robotics platforms 10 Commercial product No open-source bimanual mobile robot for <$10k Website ↗
I generated a "stress test" of 200 rare defects from 7 real photos hn 2026-02-12 lightweight and on-device AI runtimes 6 Commercial product Partial
Reframe: Automate end-to-end hardware procurement yc 2026-02-19 AI coding agents and developer tools 9 Commercial product Partial Designing parts is an engineer's job, procurement is ours. Website ↗
Visibl Semiconductors: The First AI-Enabled Coordination Layer for Chip Design yc 2026-02-19 autonomous agent research and evaluation 13 Commercial product No Meet Visibl, The First AI-enabled Coordination Layer for Chip Design Website ↗
Sureform: Turning physical expertise into training data for world models and robotics yc 2026-02-23 embodied AI and robotics platforms 9 Commercial product No Building the platform to acquire task-specific robotics data at scale Website ↗
Aurorin CAD - The Next Generation Mechanical CAD Software yc 2026-02-24 creative coding and visual experiments 39 Commercial product No Create in seconds what takes over 20 minutes in SolidWorks or NX Website ↗
General Astronautics — Robots for Space yc 2026-02-26 embodied AI and robotics platforms 15 Commercial product No Robots for microgravity research and manufacturing. Website ↗
Conjure hn 2026-02-26 typography and unicode text tools 7 Commercial product Partial 3D printed objects from text description only Website ↗
Augno hn 2026-03-02 revenue optimization and billing analytics 5 Commercial product No a Stripe-like ERP for manufacturing
A trainable, modular electronic nose for industrial use hn 2026-03-03 open-source hardware and embedded electronics 34 Commercial product No Website ↗
Origami Robotics: Make AI to Learn Physical Skills Easier than Ever yc 2026-03-05 embodied AI and robotics platforms 17 Commercial product No Robotic hand and Data Collection Device Designed for Robot Learning Website ↗
Asimov 🤖: On demand human intelligence for robots yc 2026-03-09 embodied AI and robotics platforms 10 Commercial product No We help robotics companies collect human-in-the-home and human-at-work data at scale through a global network of contributors. Website ↗
HLabs: US-made robot actuators and electronics yc 2026-03-10 embodied AI and robotics platforms 13 Commercial product No An ecosystem of US-made plug and play parts to build robots Website ↗
HLabs: US-made robot actuators and electronics yc 2026-03-10 embodied AI and robotics platforms 3 Commercial product No An ecosystem of US-made plug and play parts to build robots Website ↗
Noetic - Vanta for hardware yc 2026-03-10 systems tools and desktop utilities 26 Commercial product Partial Automating compliance workflows to get hardware to markets 10x faster Website ↗
BamBuddy hn 2026-03-19 file transfer and sharing tools 9 Hobby / open-source project Yes a self-hosted print archive for Bambu Lab 3D printers Website ↗
Vision Lab: The Industrial Data Layer for Robotics yc 2026-03-23 embodied AI and robotics platforms 18 Commercial product No Aggregating the Largest Manufacturing Process Data for Robotics Training Website ↗
F4 - The GD&T Analysis Platform for Engineering Drawings yc 2026-03-25 embodied AI and robotics platforms 20 Commercial product No (without using AI for analysis!) Website ↗
FreeCAD 1.1 ph 2026-03-30 creative coding and visual experiments 218 Hobby / open-source project No Extremely powerful, completely free 3D CAD modeling Website ↗
AdaShape-3D modeler for intuitive 3D printing parts / Windows 11 hn 2026-04-04 creative coding and visual experiments 32 Hobby / open-source project No Website ↗
We built a camera only robot vacuum for less than $300 (well almost) hn 2026-04-06 autonomous robotics, drones, and sensor hardware 109 Commercial product No Website ↗
ERPNow: The AI Analyst for Supply Chain & ERP yc 2026-04-09 AI agents for business operations 9 Commercial product Partial turn tons of operational data into real-time operational insights and future revenue Website ↗
FluidCAD hn 2026-04-10 3D graphics and physics simulation tools 160 Commercial product No Parametric CAD with JavaScript Website ↗