Nicole Ma
Founder/CEOBuilding Topological (YC S25). Prev. CS/MechE @ Stanford, physics simulations @ NASA
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
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Manufacturing industrial
Topological
Overview
Topological is developing physics-based foundation models for CAD optimization. We help hardware teams iterate at the same speed that software teams do. Our technology is accelerating the engineering workflow with AI and scales design and optimization to identify the ideal designs for complex problems given their physical constraints with enhanced speed and performance.
Our first model, UToP-v1, is a SOTA topology optimization model that understands physics, geometry, and manufacturability. It can generate the most efficient design given a problem’s physical requirements. It has <5% compliance error and is 1930x faster than current methods. We're reimagining mechanical engineering and computational design with precision spatial AI.
Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Previously TipTop, TipTop AI
Company history As recorded 2026-11-08
Zeyneb Kaya
Founder/CTOBuilding Topological (YC S25). Prev CS/Physics/Math @ Stanford; research in RL, pretraining, efficient algorithms, synthetic data, physics.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
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Founded 2025 · Source
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Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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