Launching Control Seat

Today, Warren Shepard and I are launching Control Seat (YC S26).

Industrial control software still looks and feels like it was built in the Windows 95 era. Manufacturers spend weeks stitching together PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, databases, and custom integrations just to get a system running, on tools that have barely changed in decades.

We're building the operating system for the physical world. An AI-native platform to unify the industrial control stack, starting with SCADA and extending down to PLCs and the devices on the factory floor.

Our first product is an AI-native controls and SCADA platform. It's simpler and more usable than the systems it replaces, with a built-in intelligence layer that catches problems before they turn into catastrophes.

Why we're building this

We assumed factories, data centers, and other hardware-heavy operations were highly automated. They aren't. They run on outdated, labor-intensive software that most of the industry has just learned to live with. If America is going to reindustrialize, the systems that run our critical infrastructure need a serious upgrade.

Our early customers have already saved time, cut costs, and simplified their operations by moving onto Control Seat. That's why we're building it.

What's next

Long term, we're expanding into PLC hardware to unify the entire controls stack: intelligence, SCADA, PLC development, and controllers, all on one modern platform.

If you're upgrading industrial systems, setting up a controls stack, or know someone who is, we'd love to chat.

— Jack & Warren