Hardware & IoT

Bronco AI

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Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Bronco is an applied AI lab helping chipmakers keep Moore’s law going. Our mission is to build AI silicon verification engineers that find bugs, drive functional coverage, and help companies ship working chips on time.

We're currently deployed alongside verification teams at leading chip companies building next generation hardware (4 nm process node).

We are well-funded and backed by tier-1 investors, including YC, 8VC, Elad Gil, SV Angel, and Contrary Capital. We have also established strong relationships with the leading academic and industry researchers in the field of AI for chip design. Our advisors have won multiple Best Paper Awards at leading conferences, been cited tens of thousands of times, and received some of the highest honors in the microelectronics and EDA industries.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Jeffrey Pan

Founder

Building Bronco AI, deeply passionate about the industrial economy, AI, and their future together.

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5team members reported
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Founded 2023 · Source

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Y Combinator

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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