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Torus launch: what they're building and where to launch next

What they're building

Legora for physical engineering firms

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
Industrials
Team size
6
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

usetorus.com ↗

See their funding details ↗

Torus on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Torus lets engineering firms and project owners build infrastructure 10x faster to reindustrialize America and the West. We're working with multiple Fortune 500 companies to build critical infrastructure including data centers and critical energy installations. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "AI agents that read your specs, drawings, and datasheets, catch what disagrees across disciplines, and draft what comes next." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Marcus Lima, Founder/CEO: Co-founder and CEO of Torus. We build agentic engineering tools for capital project engineering firms. Previously founder of Heimdal, direct air carbon capture technology and infrastructure. Oxford and Cambridge grad. (source)
  • Rahul Thayil, Founder/CTO: Co-founder & CTO at Torus (YC S26). Prev. Founder of Orion - AI threat intelligence and response automation. (source)
  • 4 open roles listed on its YC jobs page when the profile was read (2026-09-05). (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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Where else to launch Torus

  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Demand Curve ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • No Code Founders ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • OnlineGeniuses ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • Product Makers ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • ProductLed ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group

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