02
Mechanize
deep, narrow, elite
- Domains
- Code · Software Engineering
- Founded
- Est. 2025
- HQ
- San Francisco, USA
- Funding
- Undisclosed (angel, 2025)
- Openness
- Closed
§ Positioning
Builds a small number of high-fidelity software-engineering environments and evals for frontier coding agents, with graders that score performance on real SWE tasks.
Best for · Frontier coding-agent training where depth beats breadth.
Team · Founded by ex-Epoch AI researchers Tamay Besiroglu, Ege Erdil, and Matthew Barnett; angel roster includes Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Patrick Collison, Jeff Dean.
Focus · A small number of high-fidelity software-engineering environments and graders that score coding agents on real SWE tasks.
Notable customers · Reported working with Anthropic
Score breakdown
§ Rubric applied
Growth & momentum · weight 50%8.0 / 10
Traction & credibility · weight 35%8.5 / 10
Accessibility · weight 15%4.0 / 10