Seungmin Hong

Co-founder @ Simantic (YC F26) | ECE @ UWaterloo

Founder

Simantic· Fall 2026 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @shong0504

2025Founder· Simantic (YC F26)

Founder · since 2025

Company

Simantic (YC F26)

Role

Founder

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Simantic

Firmware simulation for AI agents

Fall 2026

Experience

Career

Simantic (YC F26)
Founder
Founder · 2025 – Present
2025
Simbe
Firmware Engineer · South San Francisco, CA · 2025
2025
Tesla
Firmware Engineer - Keys and Authentication · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
2025
University of Waterloo
Undergraduate Research Assistant · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · 2024
2024
Rapyuta Robotics
Embedded Systems Engineer · Tokyo, Japan · 2024
2024
Rapyuta Robotics
System Integration Engineer · Tokyo, Japan · 2023 – 2024
2023
Electrium Mobility
Firmware Team Member · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · 2023
2023
Tesla
Firmware Engineer - New Programs Engineering · Fremont, CA · 2022 – 2023
2022
Ericsson
Software Developer · Ottawa, ON · 2022
2022
Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group
Electrical Team Member · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · 2021 – 2022
2021
Ericsson
Software Developer · Ottawa, ON · 2019
2019
Tommy Hilfiger
Sales Associate · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 2018 – 2019
2018

Bio

Founder at Simantic (YC F26). Previously firmware engineer at Tesla, Simbe Robotics, and Rapyuta Robotics. ML at Ericsson. BASc Computer Engineering from University of Waterloo.