About
Seungmin Hong is a computer engineer who previously worked as a firmware engineer at Tesla, Simbe Robotics, and Rapyuta Robotics, and in machine learning at Ericsson. He holds a BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is currently founder of Simantic.
Founder at SimanticYC F26
Intro paths
YC
Seungmin went through Y Combinator (Fall 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Simantic's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Seungmin can intro founders to Simantic's investors below.
Simantic's investors · 1
Co-founders at Simantic
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Ahnaf ShahriarFounder
Experience
- Simantic (YC F26)Foundercurrent2025 — present
- SimbeFirmware Engineer2025South San Francisco, CA
- TeslaFirmware Engineer - Keys and Authentication2025Palo Alto, CA
- University of WaterlooUndergraduate Research Assistant2024Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Rapyuta RoboticsEmbedded Systems Engineer2024Tokyo, Japan
- Rapyuta RoboticsSystem Integration Engineer2023 — 2024Tokyo, Japan
- Electrium MobilityFirmware Team Member2023Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- TeslaFirmware Engineer - New Programs Engineering2022 — 2023Fremont, CA
- EricssonSoftware Developer2022Ottawa, ON
- Waterloo Aerial Robotics GroupElectrical Team Member2021 — 2022Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- EricssonSoftware Developer2019Ottawa, ON
- Tommy HilfigerSales Associate2018 — 2019Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Skills & more
JapaneseFreeRTOSSTM32Robot Operating System (ROS)Scikit-LearnConcept DevelopmentSoftware Prototyping1Altium DesignerKeil uVisionReal-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)DockerHTML
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Embedded SystemsPython (Programming Language)c++C (Programming Language)Languages English · Japanese · Korean
- 2nd Dan Black Belt — KUKKIWON
- Standard First Aid, CPR and AED — St. John Ambulance Canada | Ambulance Saint-Jean
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Seungmin Hong?
- Seungmin Hong is a computer engineer who previously worked as a firmware engineer at Tesla, Simbe Robotics, and Rapyuta Robotics, and in machine learning at Ericsson. He holds a BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is currently founder of Simantic.
- Where does Seungmin Hong work?
- Seungmin Hong is Founder of Simantic.
- What companies did Seungmin Hong found?
- Seungmin Hong founded Simantic.
- Where did Seungmin Hong go to school?
- Seungmin Hong studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Engineering); Y Combinator (F26); LeapYear.
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University of Waterloo mafia200
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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology mafia11
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Shared employers
Also worked at Simantic (YC F26)1
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Ryan GembalaFounder & Managing Partner at Pathbreaker VenturesAidan Madigan-CurtisPartner at Eclipse VenturesDavid PakmanManaging Partner, Head of Venture Investing at CoinFundKevin ColasManaging Partner at Snatched VenturesJuan Luis LeungliInvestor at Tectonic VenturesShivani MouleeswaranFounder at Ember Robotics
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