{"slug": "hypercubic-raises-5-3m-to-map-out-and-rewrite-legacy-cobol-apps-with-ai-agents", "title": "Hypercubic raises $5.3M to map out and rewrite legacy COBOL apps with AI agents", "summary": "Hypercubic Inc., an AI startup, raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by CIV with participation from Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Pioneer Fund, Multimodal Investors, and angels including Opendoor CEO Kaz, to use AI agents to map and rewrite legacy COBOL applications.", "body_md": "# Hypercubic raises $5.3M to map out and rewrite legacy COBOL apps with AI agents\n\nBy Mike WheatleySource:\n\n[SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com)An [artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) startup called Hypercubic Inc. is taking on the problem of modernizing legacy applications written in the COBOL programming language after raising $5.3 million in seed funding today. The round was led by CIV and saw participation from Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Pioneer Fund, [Multimodal](/glossary/multimodal) Investors and angels including Opendoor Chief Executive Kaz […]\n\nThe post [Hypercubic raises $5.3M to map out and rewrite legacy COBOL apps with AI agents](https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/18/hypercubic-raises-5-3m-map-rewrite-legacy-cobol-apps-ai-agents/) appeared first on [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hypercubic-raises-5-3m-to-map-out-and-rewrite-legacy-cobol-apps-with-ai-agents", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/hypercubic-raises-dollar53m-to-map-out-and-rewrite-legacy-co-qpw5", "published_at": "2026-08-18 16:00:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 16:41:20.909834+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-startups", "ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Hypercubic Inc.", "CIV", "Y Combinator", "Afore Capital", "Pioneer Fund", "Multimodal Investors", "Opendoor", "Kaz"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hypercubic-raises-5-3m-to-map-out-and-rewrite-legacy-cobol-apps-with-ai-agents", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hypercubic-raises-5-3m-to-map-out-and-rewrite-legacy-cobol-apps-with-ai-agents.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hypercubic-raises-5-3m-to-map-out-and-rewrite-legacy-cobol-apps-with-ai-agents.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hypercubic-raises-5-3m-to-map-out-and-rewrite-legacy-cobol-apps-with-ai-agents.jsonld"}}