Circuit Mind raises $18.5M Series A for AI electronics design platform
The package includes an $18.5 million Series A led by Norwest, alongside participation from Third Prime, Differential Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, and Lightscape VC. The seed round, previously undisclosed, totals $14.9 million, bringing the company’s total funding to $33.4 million. The Series A also brings Dave Zilberman, a general partner at Norwest, to the company’s board of directors.
Key points
- Circuit Mind raised $18.5M Series A with Norwest leading, alongside $14.9M undisclosed seed round
- New Agentic Verification Engine (AVE) checks designs against datasheets and company rules before prototyping
- ACE design assistant automates schematic creation, bill-of-materials, and analysis in minutes, optimizing for cost, size, or power
Circuit Mind introduced its Agentic Verification Engine (AVE), which works alongside its existing Assistant to Circuit Engineers (ACE). ACE automates the creation of schematics, bills of materials, and supporting analysis from a hardware block diagram, optimizing for cost, size, power, or component availability. AVE uses AI agents to verify designs against component datasheets and company-specific engineering rules, aiming to catch issues before prototyping.
Circuit Mind combines agentic AI with a physics-based decision engine and structured component models. It integrates with existing ECAD tools, libraries, and engineering environments. The company’s approach contrasts with general-purpose chatbots, focusing instead on structured, physics-aware design and verification. Founded by Tomide Adesanmi and Basilio Gentile, Circuit Mind plans to use the funding to expand its platform across the electronics design lifecycle, grow its teams, and establish a U.S. headquarters.
Circuit Mind Raises $18.5M Series A as It Announces $25M for AI Electronics Design
Unite.AI · 28 October 2026
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