Haystack

Haystack

The agent-native control layer for code changes

New York City, NY
2 employees
Developer Tools
Seed · $500K

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

Team Size2
LocationNew York City, NY
IndustryDeveloper Tools

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Akshay Subramaniam

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!

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Jake 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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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.