Adam: AI-Powered CAD Lab from Y Combinator Seeks Founding Engineers
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Summary
Adam is an applied research and product lab building an AI-driven computer-aided design (CAD) platform where engineers can use natural language to create physical objects. The company, part of YC's W25 batch, has built a state-of-the-art text-to-CAD interface and is now hiring founding engineers to develop new AI-driven CAD workflows, build product verticals from scratch, and redefine how the physical world is designed.
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We're tackling a frontier problem: building a new way to interface with CAD via AI.
At Adam, you will be given the autonomy to do some of the best work of your life and redefine how the physical world is built.
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