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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.
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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Diode Computers, Inc. retweeted
insane software and service @diodeinc -- to many more PCBs!!
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okay, used @diodeinc with fable5.2 on a similar spec to the @i2cjak design challenge boost converter board...
it's not totally there yet but i think AI is solving PCB design in the next 1-2 years. i may end up eating my words, didn't think it would happen this soon.
laying out rent boost converter is a much different game than the hobbyist esp32/rp2040 stuff people have been posting.
the design choices it made are remarkably similar to the boost converter i thoughtfully designed over the course of weeks. it's fused, has uvlo/ovlo/ocp, prevents backfeed, deadtime logic. granted, these were all in my spec i provided it.
the diodeinc/fable5.2 board isn't complete, it got stuck and couldn't finish routing 53 nets and has 39 clearance violations. i'm going to see if i can prompt it out of these. it's only $417 worth of fable5.2 credits in. which is strange because i did this test on opus5.5 was more expensive and a much worse result.
i'm still going through schematic and layout, but was pretty wild to see this when i woke up this morning.
it's not totally there yet but i think AI is solving PCB design in the next 1-2 years. i may end up eating my words, didn't think it would happen this soon.
laying out rent boost converter is a much different game than the hobbyist esp32/rp2040 stuff people have been posting.
the design choices it made are remarkably similar to the boost converter i thoughtfully designed over the course of weeks. it's fused, has uvlo/ovlo/ocp, prevents backfeed, deadtime logic. granted, these were all in my spec i provided it.
the diodeinc/fable5.2 board isn't complete, it got stuck and couldn't finish routing 53 nets and has 39 clearance violations. i'm going to see if i can prompt it out of these. it's only $417 worth of fable5.2 credits in. which is strange because i did this test on opus5.5 was more expensive and a much worse result.
i'm still going through schematic and layout, but was pretty wild to see this when i woke up this morning.
hey remember that time @i2cjak challenged me to an electronic design challenge and then he PROMPTLY pivoted to SW'e'?
i MERCIFULLY gave him 7 months to catch up… but this board is getting ordered this weekend.
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Diode Computers, Inc. retweeted
Excited for the @diodeinc work with @AnthropicAI to be out there.
Once custom hardware design is solved by AI more projects will become worth attempting — and efficient, consistent, high-mix manufacturing will become the new frontier.
Once custom hardware design is solved by AI more projects will become worth attempting — and efficient, consistent, high-mix manufacturing will become the new frontier.
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Congrats to @lennykhazan! 👑
Let's keep the party going with a new prize.
$1000 for best score by 6/21. Must be >22.
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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-cl…
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-cl…
this was a really fun bit of work I got to do with the incredibly cracked folks at @diodeinc! claude.com/blog/making-cl…
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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
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 ugh, it was a good start for them to iterate during the S24 batch.
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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-circuit-boa…
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Diode Computers, Inc. retweeted
.@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-lis….
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-lis….
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 for circuit boards.
3/ This is just the beginning, insane benchmarks coming later this month
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One year of Diode.
Our boards are now powering real products and real teams.
Excited to share what’s next. T-2 days
Our boards are now powering real products and real teams.
Excited to share what’s next. T-2 days
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Best suggestion gets Diode merch
I'm giving a guest lecture at Berkeley on chip manufacturing.
If you were a EECS student, what would be the wildest / unbelievable industry story you'd want to hear?
- Shockley and the traitorous 8
- Carver Mead and Lynn Conway
- How intel developed EUV + ASML
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Diode Computers, Inc. retweeted
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.”
“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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Diode Computers, Inc. retweeted
Panelized version of a PCB antenna design for NFC energy harvesting.
This thing makes me unreasonably happy
This thing makes me unreasonably happy
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Diode Computers, Inc. retweeted
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
🌱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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