Haystack
The agent-native control layer for code changes
About Haystack
Haystack helps engineering teams manage the growing volume of AI-generated pull requests.
Coding agents make it much easier to produce code, but they also create a new problem: teams now have more changes to review, many of them larger, more frequent, and harder to trust at a glance.
Haystack sits on top of GitHub and acts as the control layer for AI-generated code changes. For every pull request, it looks at the codebase, the diff, the agent trace, the author’s intent, and any verification evidence like tests, logs, commands, or screenshots.
Then Haystack decides what should happen next: whether the change can move forward, needs fixes, or should be reviewed by a human.
Teams use Haystack to keep code moving without turning review into rubber-stamping. It helps them merge more code, focus human attention on the changes that actually need judgment, and maintain quality as AI-generated work becomes a bigger part of development.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$500K
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Akshay Subramaniam
Co-founder of Haystack Software. Enjoys building emulators, video games, and productivity software. Previously was a software engineer at Figma, where I led the multi-edit launch and helped launch Find and Replace, accessibility in FigJam, and more!
LinkedInJake Yatvitskiy
Co-founder of Haystack Software. Previously a software engineer at Figma, where he led the multi-edit launch and helped ship Find and Replace, accessibility in FigJam, and more.
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