YC Summer 2026 (S26) company

HERA

We make sure every factory in the world builds without mistakes.

About HERA

At Hera, we build tools that help heavy engineering teams bring products to market up to 20× faster. Today, we work with manufacturers of data center ancillary equipment, renewable energy systems, robotics, heat exchangers, power plants and pressure vessels.

Public traction evidence

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  1. LinkedIn

    The last month has been a lot: I got into Y Combinator

    The last month has been a lot. I got into Y Combinator, moved to San Francisco, and started building HERA with Noelle So.

  2. X

    Introducing Hera (YC S26), built to catch $1,000 mistakes in mechanical drawings.

    Introducing Hera (YC S26), built to catch $1,000 mistakes in mechanical drawings. Design review is manual and error-prone. One missed tolerance callout or ambiguous datum means a scrapped part, a delayed shipment, or a failed inspection. Hera checks every drawing against ASME...

  3. LinkedIn

    Building HERA this summer with Y Combinator

    Meera Patel and I are building HERA this summer with Y Combinator.

  4. X

    I cannot emphasize the importance of launching enough.

    I cannot emphasize the importance of launching enough. especially for b2b. https://t.co/0UdKr1nbjd

  5. X

    Truly the most infectious person ever.

    Truly the most infectious person ever. Left feeling 10x more excited to build this one thing I really care about. https://t.co/5bY0ieTaz6

  6. X

    now because of slashy, i can see that a customer has opened my email 8 times in the last 4 hours but hasn’t replied.

    now because of slashy, i can see that a customer has opened my email 8 times in the last 4 hours but hasn’t replied. new anxiety.

  7. X

    a lot of people ask me why i am the way i am.

    a lot of people ask me why i am the way i am. this is what my dad built last week, i grew up helping him do this stuff:

  8. X

    My best friend and I decided to have a drone-making contest after YC.

    My best friend and I decided to have a drone-making contest after YC. My best friend is extremely software-pilled, and he said his drone will have a small facial-recognition camera and shoot Nerf guns at people. I was talking about optimizing the structure and center of mass so