# Woz

> Woz is a San Francisco AI platform that acts like a technical cofounder in the cloud - designing, coding, testing, deploying, and maintaining production-ready mobile apps for non-technical founders. Unlike no-code tools that stop at prototypes, Woz combines specialized AI agents with human engineering review to ship real, business-ready apps straight to the app store. Founded by MIT engineers Ben Collins and Brad Eckert, the YC W25 company raised $6M in seed funding in October 2025.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Ben Collins (Co-founder & CEO), Brad Eckert (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~12 employees (started as a full-time team of six ML scientists and production engineers)
- **Products:** Woz AI App Platform, AI App Factory (agent + human review), wozcode / Claude Code plugin
- **Notable:** Raised $6M seed round in October 2025 led by Cervin Ventures., Backed by Y Combinator (W25) and the Lacob family, co-owners of the Golden State Warriors., Founded by MIT engineers with a prior YC company (Brad Eckert co-founded Cairns Health, YC S17).

## Products & services

- **Woz AI App Platform** — An AI system that behaves like a technical cofounder: founders describe what they want in plain English and Woz builds the full product - frontend, backend, hosting, and database - then deploys it to the app store and maintains it.
- **AI App Factory (agent + human review)** — Development is broken into discrete steps handled by specialized AI agents, with human engineering experts stepping in to correct snags and review every app for quality before launch - an 'anti-vibe-coding' approach.
- **wozcode / Claude Code plugin** — A developer plugin (open on GitHub) positioned to reduce token consumption and cost for coding workflows by roughly 50%.

## Achievements

- Raised $6M seed round in October 2025 led by Cervin Ventures.
- Backed by Y Combinator (W25) and the Lacob family, co-owners of the Golden State Warriors.
- Founded by MIT engineers with a prior YC company (Brad Eckert co-founded Cairns Health, YC S17).
- Built an AI platform that publishes production-ready mobile apps directly to app stores.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Announced $6M seed funding to build enterprise-grade AI apps businesses can trust, led by Cervin Ventures with YC and the Lacob family participating.
- **2025-02** — Launched publicly via Y Combinator as 'Your AI Technical Cofounder.'

## Links

- Website: https://withwoz.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/withwoz
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/WithWoz1
- GitHub: https://github.com/WithWoz/wozcode-plugin

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Last updated: 2026-07-02