@xuster
Applied Electrodynamics is building cameras that can see through walls and other opaque materials.
Using radio waves, they can locate studs, pipes, cables, and junction boxes behind surfaces like drywall or marble and turn it into a dimensionally accurate 3D model.View quoted post on X
We’re excited to welcome @vivianmshen and @raphaelschaad as YC’s newest General Partners!View quoted post on X
Vivian and Raphael first came to YC as founders.
Vivian co-founded Juni Learning (W18), which teaches kids coding and math, and later founded Acely, an AI tutor for college prep. Raphael founded Cron (W20), the calendar app that became Notion Calendar.
They built products used by millions of people, then returned to YC as Visiting Partners to help other founders. Now they're doing it full-time.
ycombinator.com/blog/welcome-v…
Halluminate is building reinforcement learning environments and benchmarks to help AI models do knowledge work beyond coding, starting with finance.
With a team of fewer than 10 people, the company works with four of the top five closed-source US AI labs and recently raised a $30M Series A.
In this fireside, co-founders @Jerr_Wu and @wgm752 sit down with YC's @xuster to share how testing browser agents led them to building the environments models now use to practice tasks like financial modeling. They explain why better verification, not just more training tasks, is critical to making models smarter, and how that work could eventually lead to simulated companies where teams of AI agents learn to work together.
00:00 — Halluminate’s Pivot From Evals to Training Environments
03:48 — Teaching AI to Do Financial Work
07:13 — Why Verification Matters More Than Volume
10:13 — From Finance to Simulated Companies
13:30 — AI Safety and Building the TeamView quoted post on X
Today we're excited to announce @HalluminateAI's $30M Series A led by @oakhcft with participation from @YCombinator, @orangecollectv, @FTPartners, @heavybit, and more.View quoted post on X
Today we’re releasing Adam and Eve, the most human-like AI voices ever built.
Adam ranks #1 among AI models on @DesignArena’s AudioRealismBench.
We believe we’ve crossed the uncanny valley. API access on our Website!
Listen: freyavoice.ai
Leaderboard: designarena.ai/leaderboard/au…
Special thanks to @alpsencerozturk, @ahmeterdempmk, and the entire Freya team for making this possible.
We’re just getting started. Join us!View quoted post on X
