Emdash
Open-source Agentic Development Environment
Y CombinatorWinter 2026ActiveB2BProductivity
What they do
Problem
Engineering teams are slowed down by manual, sequential coding workflows that limit parallel development and agent assistance.
Solution
An open-source, provider-agnostic desktop agentic development environment that runs multiple coding agents in parallel to accelerate software development.
Who it's for
Software engineers and engineering teams building and maintaining software products.
Founders
Raban von Spiegel
Founder
orchestrating agents @ Emdash. Stanford Engineer. Previously founded Soff (YC S24). Research on software performance engineering at MIT CSAIL.
Arne Strickmann
Founder
Building Emdash
Company timeline
- Founded2025
- YC batchWinter 2026
- StatusActive
- Team size2 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
