Ara
The Cloud Coding Agent
About Ara
Ara is a San Francisco-based Y Combinator startup (Spring 2026 batch) building an autonomous AI software engineer called 'the Cloud Coding Agent.' It connects to GitHub repositories, reproduces bugs, writes fixes, verifies changes, and opens evidence-backed pull requests complete with screen recordings, logs, and review-ready diffs. The platform is accessible via web app, CLI/MCP server, Slack, Jira/Linear integrations, and a public REST API.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$500K
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Adi Singh
Studied EECS at UC Berkeley and Cybernetics at NTNU. Previously built a Rust-based IDE from scratch and worked in applied ML at Scale AI. Dropped out to co-found Ara after serial hackathon wins with co-founder Sven Myhre, having lived and built together across four cities.
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Sven Myhre
Background in EECS from UC Berkeley. Scaled ML infrastructure in industry, chaired Norway's largest AI student organization, and won 1st place in the Norwegian AI Championship. Ultramarathon runner (100km+). Dropped out to co-found Ara after serial hackathon wins with co-founder Adi Singh.
LinkedInWhat happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.