Topological

Inscrição YC de Topological

Summer 2025Active

Topological passou pela Y Combinator no batch Summer 2025 como uma empresa B2B. Abaixo: o que a empresa faz, quem a fundou e sua inscrição para a YC, reconstruída pergunta por pergunta no formulário real da YC.

Batch YC
Summer 2025
Indústria
B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Tamanho da equipe
2
Status
Active
Lançada
2025

Fundadores

  • Nicole Ma
    Nicole MaCo-Founder & CEO
  • Zeyneb Kaya
    Zeyneb KayaCo-Founder & CTO

O que Topological faz

Topological is developing physics-based foundation models for CAD optimization. We help hardware teams iterate at the same speed that software teams do. Our technology is accelerating the engineering workflow with AI and scales design and optimization to identify the ideal designs for complex problems given their physical constraints with enhanced speed and performance. Our first model, UToP-v1, is a SOTA topology optimization model that understands physics, geometry, and manufacturability. It can generate the most efficient design given a problem’s physical requirements. It has <5% compliance error and is 1930x faster than current methods. We're reimagining mechanical engineering and computational design with precision spatial AI.

Inscrição YC de Topological, reconstruída

Inscrição Y Combinator

Topological, lote Summer 2025. As verdadeiras perguntas do formulário, respondidas com dados públicos.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Topological

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Physics-based foundation models for CAD optimization

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We are building physics-based foundation models like UToP-v1 that optimize CAD designs directly by understanding physical constraints, geometry, and manufacturability. Our model generates efficient engineering designs much faster than current topology optimization methods, helping hardware teams iterate as quickly as software teams do.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco puts us at the center of AI and hardware innovation and close to early customers in the engineering and design space. It helps us recruit and stay connected to industry trends.

21 respostas a mais na inscrição completa

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference estão na versão completa. Crie uma conta gratuita para abri-la no YC Insights, ao lado de todos os outros batches da YC.

Perguntas Frequentes

Esta é a inscrição real da YC de Topological?

Não. A Y Combinator mantém as inscrições submetidas em privado. Esta é uma reconstrução: as perguntas reais do formulário da YC, respondidas a partir dos dados públicos de Topological (notas de lançamento, históricos de fundadores, descrição do produto). Mostra como uma empresa como Topological se apresentaria à YC, não o texto que eles submeteram.

Em qual batch da YC Topological esteve?

Topological fez parte do batch Summer 2025 da Y Combinator.

Quem fundou o Topological?

O Topological foi fundado por Nicole Ma, Zeyneb Kaya.

O que o Topological faz?

Physics-based foundation models for CAD optimization.

Como eu leio o application completo reconstruído?

Crie uma conta gratuita no Round Funded. A versão completa de 26 respostas do application do Topological, e de todos os outros lotes do YC, está no YC Insights.

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