YCW26· DevtoolsSynthetic Sciences
Infrastructure for Autonomous Science
Founders
- Aayam BansalFounder/CEO
- Ishaan GangwaniFounder/CTO
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About Synthetic Sciences
Synthetic Sciences is a research lab building infrastructure for scientific superintelligence. Empirical science is bottlenecked by verification that is slow, expensive, and imperfect. We work on tooling, evals, training environments, algorithms, and models that make autonomous science possible.
San Francisco, CA, USA
Synthetic Sciences: questions
Which YC batch was Synthetic Sciences in?
Synthetic Sciences was in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch (W26).
Is Synthetic Sciences still active?
Y Combinator lists Synthetic Sciences as active.
Who founded Synthetic Sciences?
Synthetic Sciences's founders, as listed on its YC page: Aayam Bansal (Founder/CEO), Ishaan Gangwani (Founder/CTO).
Where is Synthetic Sciences based?
Synthetic Sciences lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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