San Francisco · On-site · $180-230k
Hestus, Inc.
Total raised$2.0M
StageSeed
Founded2024
Team size1-10
HQCalifornia, United States
About Hestus, Inc.
Hestus is an AI-powered CAD company founded by Sohrab Haghighat and Kevin Chu, selected as part of Y Combinator's S24 batch. The company is creating AI-powered CAD tools designed to revolutionize the hardware development process. Haghighat, the CEO and a 2x YC founder, brings extensive experience from his previous venture SpaceRyde and his tenure at Cruise, where he led Planning and Controls Teams. Chu, the CTO, holds a Robotics PhD from UCLA and previously led Autonomous Vehicle engineering at Cruise, scaling the team from 20 to 300 engineers over seven years. Together, their combined expertise in aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, and hardware engineering positions Hestus to transform how engineers approach CAD design.
Open positions · 2
Los Angeles · On-site · $125-250k
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