Root Access is an applied AI company that builds developer tools for engineers working on firmware and embedded systems. The firm focuses on the challenge of programming mission-critical hardware, offering AI-native solutions designed to accelerate development cycles in sectors where reliability is non-negotiable, including aerospace, defense, automotive, and medical devices.
The company's product suite includes Hideout, a tool aimed at enabling firmware and embedded engineers to develop hardware more efficiently, and Seb, an autonomous agent capable of comprehending entire hardware systems - from schematics and datasheets to toolchains. Seb generates firmware, builds and flashes to physical silicon, and performs hardware-in-the-loop testing to validate output against specifications.
Root Access raised $2.1 million in a pre-seed funding round. Its technical work spans artificial intelligence, embedded systems engineering, firmware development, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
