PCB design and manufacturing as code
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We’re proud to announce our $11.4 million Series A, led by @a16z, with the continued support of @ycombinator, @caffeinatedcap and @BoxGroup.
We are working with Fortune 100 companies and fast growing startups to design and manufacture their circuit boards faster than ever.
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1. convert to code
2. run @diodeinc pre-fab review agent
3. profit
I guess our CTO has time for side quests with the internal review agent...
@comma_ai
Congrats to @lennykhazan! 👑
Let's keep the party going with a new prize.
$1000 for best score by 6/21. Must be >22.
We worked with @AnthropicAI to teach Claude how to be a better electrical engineer.
Claude 4.5 is the first frontier model trained with our data, and we saw a major improvement in both accuracy and speed for electrical reference design generation. Huge thanks to @cojennin and the Anthropic team for making this possible.
claude.com/blog/making-claud…
this was a really fun bit of work I got to do with the incredibly cracked folks at @diodeinc! claude.com/blog/making-claud…
We sat down with @sdianahu to talk about diode and the technical challenges we had to solve to run a PCB compiler on air gapped systems.
If you think running rust in the browser with web assembly and edge routing algorithms are fun: come work with us
Congrats to @diodeinc on raising a $11.4 M Series A! They build AI that automates circuit design with customers incl. a F100 company and physical intelligence.
1/9 story on how @lennykhazan and @davideasnaghi applied to YC with just an idea still in their jobs, but that first idea nobody wanted. Though, it was a good start for them to iterate during the S24 batch.
Thank you @ycombinator!
Congrats to the @diodeinc team on their $11.4M Series A!
Diode Computers is automating circuit board design using AI. They're working with Fortune 100 companies and fast-growing startups to design and manufacture their circuit boards faster than ever. businessinsider.com/ai-circu…
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.@diodeinc is using AI to design circuit boards, simplifying messy, slow workflows.
We’re excited to invest in Diode to scale manufacturing of hardtech in the US.
Circuit boards are in every smartphone, medical device, and fighter jet. Better circuit design means more of the tech we rely on.
None of the above should be taken as investment advice or an advertisement for investment services; please see a16z.com/disclosures/ for more information. For a full list of portfolio companies, visit a16z.com/investment-list/.
Exciting news on @diodeinc published on Business Insider today.
1/ We raised capital! Over $14.5m, most recently in a $11.4m series A round led by @a16z (details below)
2/ We are working with fortune 100 companies and fast growing startups. If you are building hardware, we want to be your first choice for circuit boards.
3/ This is just the beginning, insane benchmarks coming later this month
One year of Diode.
Our boards are now powering real products and real teams.
Excited to share what’s next. T-2 days
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Thank you @sdianahu and @ycombinator for featuring @diodeinc on @LightconePod!
“But the thing that they demonstrated now with O1 was actually able to do the system design and component selection, which is crazy.”
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Panelized version of a PCB antenna design for NFC energy harvesting.
This thing makes me unreasonably happy
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We are experimenting with waterproofing PCBs. And this project is one of my favorites.
🌱You can use a PCB-based soil moisture sensor to keep plants happy and healthy. This I2C sensor is packed with features—capacitance, light, and temperature readings—all on a single board
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@diodeinc putting circuit boards in Times Square!
Thanks @brexHQ x @ycombinator for these 7.5s of happiness
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New blog post: Why are so many startups developing PCB design tools?
This week, i spoke to @davideasnaghi and @LennyKhazan about @diodeinc and their plan to use LLMs and schematics-as-code to make PCB design fast, easy, and accessible ⬇️
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🚀 @diodeinc launched! Circuit boards as a service
"Automated Hardware Design"
🌐 diode.computer
🔍 AI datasheet parsing: They'll automatically parse the datasheets of the components you need to understand the pinout, footprint, and reference design.
🧩 Modular composition: They describe their schematics in code for modular reuse and extensibility, to custom-generate a board exactly to your specifications.
➡️ Autorouting & manual review: They automatically route your board, and have a human review the entire process before sending it out for manufacturing.
👉 Try out their designer at pcb.new/, or shop generated boards at pcb.store/
🤝 Want a customized NFC business card with your logo? Get your own: pcb.store/products/nfc-busin…
🌟 Star them on Github!: github.com/diodeinc
🗓 Get custom boards in days not weeks - book a demo here: diode.computer/
Congrats @davideasnaghi & @lennykhazan!!
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