Bengaluru Startup Secures $4.15 Million, Targets Faster Analogue IC Design
Maieutic Semiconductor, a deep-tech startup based in Bengaluru, has raised $4.15 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its generative AI-driven platform for analogue semiconductor design. The round was co-led by Endiya Partners and Exfinity Venture Partners. The company plans to utilise the capital to expand its engineering team, reduce chip design cycles, and accelerate time-to-market. It aims to tackle longstanding inefficiencies in analogue integrated circuit (IC) development, which is a critical component in automotive, industrial, and communications technology. Founded by Gireesh Rajendran (CEO), Ashish Lachhwani (CBO), Rakesh Kumar (CPO), and Krishna Sankar (CTO), the startup is focusing on early-stage chip design, design reviews, and analysis of trade-offs. Each founder has over 20 years of experience, collectively holding more than 70 patents. “We’re combining decades of deep analogue and semiconductor experience with cutting-edge AI techniques,” Rajendran said. “Our copilot reduces the design cycle from weeks to days and brings intelligence to every trade-off.” Generational Shift in Design Maieutic’s approach is centred on generative AI, aiming to automate parts of a process that has resisted change for decades. Its platform targets the manual and time-intensive nature of analogue workflows, an area where domain expertise is usually essential. “Analogue workflows have remained largely manual,” Sateesh Andra, managing partner at Endiya Partners, said. “Maieutic’s AI-first approach can make the process faster, more intelligent, and globally competitive.” Exfinity Venture Partners also expressed confidence in the startup’s potential to lead change in a legacy domain. National Relevance With the global semiconductor market projected to exceed $1 trillion by 2030, and analogue chips forming the backbone of modern devices, Maieutic’s innovation arrives at a crucial juncture. India’s growing focus on semiconductor manufacturing and design further underlines the relevance of homegrown efforts like Maieutic’s. The company now plans to hire aggressively and deliver a platform that brings intelligence and automation to a traditionally manual field.
Maieutic Semiconductor aims to utilise GenAI to reduce chip design cycles and accelerate time-to-market.
Maieutic Semiconductor aims to utilise GenAI to reduce chip design cycles and accelerate time-to-market.
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