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hardware engineering and industrial technology

Recent window: last 5.2 months (2026-04-25 → 2026-09-29), compared with the prior 5.2 months.

manufacturing · 135 members · Data as of 2026-10-02

These products support physical engineering, ranging from electronics design and prototyping to advanced manufacturing and energy infrastructure. They are primarily used by hardware makers, electrical engineers, and industrial operators building physical equipment. Unlike pure software developer tools, this cluster focuses on solving challenges in the physical and hard tech domains.

Metrics

Stage
forming
Recent count
105
Prior count
7
Total count
135
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.31
Crowding
0.58
Concentration
0.77
Opportunity
0.49

Opportunity components

Attention
0.31
Low crowding
0.42
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.23

Monthly trajectory

Source split

github
10 (0.10)
hn
4 (0.04)
ph
85 (0.81)
yc
6 (0.06)

Dominant source: ph · Divergence: 0.77

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
WOB PH 3 2026-09-11
DishRoam PH 4 2026-09-23
7x faster Iceberg ingestion, how we redesigned OLake's writer HN 5 2025-12-05
Ultrasonium: Shaping the Future of Metal Manufacturing YC 6 2026-09-02
Ember HN 7 2025-12-06
Stillwind HN 7 2026-06-11
Stillwind HN 7 2026-07-15
liquid-glass-react GITHUB 7 2026-09-15
Mass Magnetics: USA-made magnets YC 7 2026-08-18
Omni Line PH 8 2026-09-16
Make Electrical Component Selection Suck Less HN 8 2025-11-04
Solar Pile Drivers - Roadsky PH 8 2026-09-23
LiquidGlassEffects GITHUB 8 2026-09-30
Ultrasonium: A new way to make complex metal parts, 15x faster and 75% cheaper YC 8 2026-08-05
Hyperion-workbench GITHUB 8 2026-09-13
esphome-lifegear-bath-heat GITHUB 9 2026-09-28
hpht-cvd-lab-grown-diamond-laser-cutting GITHUB 13 2026-09-26
drippu GITHUB 14 2026-09-21
pi-prefix-cache-compaction GITHUB 15 2026-09-18
Squid 🦑 AI-powered grid planning in your browser YC 15 2026-01-28
Kyten - The modern aerospace battery pack supplier YC 17 2026-01-28
true-liquid-glass-shojiwm GITHUB 17 2026-09-14
Axial Composites Industries: Manufacturing Stronger Carbon Fiber Parts Faster YC 19 2025-11-10
Meteoric — Drones that clear clouds over solar farms and ultimately weaken hurricanes YC 19 2026-08-21
Madrone - chiller-less cooling for desert data centers YC 27 2026-05-12
BWM-Technical-Reference-Guide GITHUB 30 2026-09-25
Apollo Atomics: The Modern Nuclear Company YC 35 2026-05-27
drainflo GITHUB 39 2026-09-17
Voxel Energy - Rapidly deployed data centers. Power included. YC 50 2026-01-28
AICE Power - Sensors to cut energy bill by 30% YC 52 2026-04-03
3D print Z reinforcement via injected loops HN 66 2026-06-09
pcb-layout-design GITHUB 80 2026-09-13
Curiosity HN 81 2026-03-08
PicoMQ HN 159 2026-08-24
Atech PH 168 2026-04-27